No more AWFUL uniform!

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I dressed my horrid uniform up as a scarecrow last night and then I kicked it really hard. Cathartic, actually.

I never have to wear that "all white polyester ,see through, stiff ,bend over and the pants fall off ,non breathable, pocketless nightmare of a horrid thing" again! I contemplated burning it but couldn't bring myself to do that. So instead I just kicked it. lol. Now the pants and top are going to Goodwill and the jacket is just being thrown out. Its stained anyway.

Final is tomorrow! It's been a long 2 years but WOW was it worth it.

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Congratulations and Good Luck!

This semester I was in Psych (had to wear nice street clothes) and OB (wore the hospital scrubs). It was such a nice change from the stiff white uniform. But I'll be back in them in January.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

Ha! Ha! I still have the embroidered patches we were required to sew onto the arms of our uniforms in my jewelry box. They are 32 years old.

FYI. . .didn't know if you were aware of this, but some facilities are going back to an all white uniform dress code. Just thought you'd like to know that. I think it has to do with consumer surveys and the identification of just who is and isn't a nurse in the hospital setting these days.

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I dressed my horrid uniform up as a scarecrow last night and then I kicked it really hard. Cathartic, actually.

I never have to wear that "all white polyester ,see through, stiff ,bend over and the pants fall off ,non breathable, pocketless nightmare of a horrid thing" again! I contemplated burning it but couldn't bring myself to do that. So instead I just kicked it. lol. Now the pants and top are going to Goodwill and the jacket is just being thrown out. Its stained anyway.

Final is tomorrow! It's been a long 2 years but WOW was it worth it.

LOL! CONGRATS BOONERSMOM!

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Specializes in ED.
I dressed my horrid uniform up as a scarecrow last night and then I kicked it really hard. Cathartic, actually.

I never have to wear that "all white polyester ,see through, stiff ,bend over and the pants fall off ,non breathable, pocketless nightmare of a horrid thing" again! I contemplated burning it but couldn't bring myself to do that. So instead I just kicked it. lol. Now the pants and top are going to Goodwill and the jacket is just being thrown out. Its stained anyway.

Final is tomorrow! It's been a long 2 years but WOW was it worth it.

I can't wait to NOT wear the white pants anymore. We have navy tops luckily. I was going to pass mine down to a 1st year student, it is always nice to have a backup uniform.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Many congratulations!!!

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I can't wait to NOT wear the white pants anymore.

I was thinking that too - unfortunately in my clinical site, the RNs are wearing all-white, lol. Hopefully I'll be able to escape that once I graduate. We (students) wear all-white with those ugly navy blue "aprons". They are horrid, we look like pre-WWII nurses. :lol2:

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Ha! Ha! I still have the embroidered patches we were required to sew onto the arms of our uniforms in my jewelry box. They are 32 years old.

FYI. . .didn't know if you were aware of this, but some facilities are going back to an all white uniform dress code. Just thought you'd like to know that. I think it has to do with consumer surveys and the identification of just who is and isn't a nurse in the hospital setting these days.

I actually dont mind wearing white......just white that is COTTON, FITS, and BREATHES!!!!!!!!!!! LOL! ( oh and with pockets!)

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LoL this post made me laugh. I'm a pre-nursing student, but those white scrubs seem horrible. Great!

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Congrats. Good luck to you - I remember getting rid of mine too!

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