Let's All Just Wear Bags

While we are talking about uniforms, how about those scrubs that are provided by the hospital? Ill-fitting, torn, faded and wrinkled. How does this attire enhance our professionalism? We look like we just rolled out of the hay. And of course on my unit (labor/deliver/postpartum) everyone; HUCS, RN, LPN, CNA wear the same scrubs. The patients never know who is who. It is just a sea of rumpled blue uniforms. Of course the NUMBER of people looks impressive.....until you find out that of the 11 or 12 people only 5-6 are RN's!

thisnurse,
I tried those capri pants and they fit me like regular pants perfectly! Didn't have to use stitchwichery at all! I usually wear the cuffed pants so that I don't have to hem anything...There is a God!

You might want to take a look at www.scrubsonline.com

They list dozens of companies with many different styles of scrubs, uniforms and lab coats. I even found some sites listed there where they make their own scrubs/jackets for you (there were some cool Hawaiian prints). Maybe you could contact one of these companies and request something a little different. I saw one site where the leave the legs unhemed so you can do it yourself and get it just right.

Good luck.

At least female nurses have a vast choice of styles to choose from.
Try finding uniforms as a male nurse.
My preference is cargo pants. However, since I don't wear a lab coat I tend to put everything in my cargo pockets. Every brand I've seen so far comes only with a draw string and let me tell you draw strings just don't cut it when you load down the cargo pockets.
I would love to find a pair of cargo pants with belt loops.
So here comes the big dilemma.........WHITE Uniforms.......
That is what is dictated by our VP of Patient Services. She firmly believes that white is the only color for nurses and anything else is unprofessional.
Now try finding something for men in white that has cargo pockets and belt loops.

Wow, I thought I'd find a wholesale price on foley catheters here! (As a female the texas catheter wouldn't work for me but believe me after going 13 hours without using the bathroom, I have considered a foley.) But getting back to the uniforms, have you looked at Dove uniforms. They're available on line and have great pockets that would hold about everything you need on a shift.

Do you have a web address for Dove Uniforms? Thanks

The internet site for Dove is:

http://www.medicalapparel.com/

Enjoy!

Hi. The website for lydia's uniforms iswww.lydiasuniforms.com