Uniform Question -don't hate me!

Chunter · Mar 31, 2004

When i qualified i had a lovely silver belt with cherubs bought by my parents.

i had to have a green belt as i was an Enrolled nurse, now we all wear tops and trousers which is much better, in our department we are all staff nurses, level one or level two. There is one colour unform for all staff nurses (white with blue stripes) which makes us all much more equal, i wouldn't want to go back to coloured belts and buckles and dresses.

My antique buckle is safely packed in a box in the loft (forever).

donmurray · Mar 31, 2004

Sorry moe! I searched for "nurses buckle"

**SKM-NURSIEPOOH, BSN, RN** · Apr 3, 2004

oh thx mike...i was having a time with visualizing the belts & buckles. so i would think that the nsg buckle is synonymous with our nsg school pins? or do ya have them made apart from the school?

and thx don for trying!

cheers!

moe

Mike RGN · Apr 3, 2004

oh thx mike...i was having a time with visualizing the belts & buckles. so i would think that the nsg buckle is synonymous with our nsg school pins? or do ya have them made apart from the school?

and thx don for trying!

cheers!
moe

we also have training school pins which the school dishes out on qualification and remain one of the allowed adourment to uniforms.

unless someone knows different, i not worn a uniform for a couple of years now.

critcarenurse16 · Apr 8, 2004

Hello, I'm a US nurse and found this bit of nursing history interesting. Hope no one minds the intrusion. In my hospital a few years ago administration decided to celebrate nurses week (last week in April) by encouraging nurses to wear their old school uniforms. Many nurses doned their nursing 'capes' and caps. We had a long since retired nurse who came wearing a nursing uniform from the 1920's complete with long flowing skirt and 'apron' for lack of official term. She was in her mid 90's at the time and has since passed on. At her funeral the older nurses wore their nursing capes as a show of respect for this woman who dedicated her life to helping others. Do you have traditions like that as well? I would love to here your stories.

Anrol · May 22, 2004

:) Hi I'm a UK nurse and all the nurses (inc. myself) on my ward (CCU) wear a dress and belt with silver buckles. I am newly qualified and I find it looks so much smarter and particularly in our trust most nusrse are seen wearing the dress and buckle.

Betty_SPN_KS, LPN · May 23, 2004

Can anyone provide a link to a pic of a UK nurse uniform? Dress with belt, and also the pants and tunic. Are the pants and tunic anything like the scrubs we wear here in the US?

Mike RGN · May 23, 2004

Can anyone provide a link to a pic of a UK nurse uniform? Dress with belt, and also the pants and tunic. Are the pants and tunic anything like the scrubs we wear here in the US?

try this

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=nurses&hl=en&lr=&cr=countryUK%7CcountryGB&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Betty_SPN_KS, LPN · May 23, 2004

try this
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=nurses&hl=en&lr=&cr=countryUK%7CcountryGB&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Thank you, Mike. I notice many have stripes on the sleeves and collar.

Mike RGN · May 23, 2004

Thank you, Mike. I notice many have stripes on the sleeves and collar.

Never sure what these means in different hospitals, where I work

Blue = Registered Nurse

Green = Enrolled Nurse

Brown = Nursing Assistant

In my day (oh I feeling old) students use to have stripes on the hats

1 = 1st year

2 2nd year

3 3rd year

Chunter · May 24, 2004

There are no enrolled nurses anymore, there is level one and level two registred nurses, in our department everyone is a staff nurse, no distinction, other than the sisters wear navy, although we are looking into scrubs for the whole department, much cooler and easier to wear.

sorry to 'nit-pick'

Chunter · May 24, 2004

although, mike, the rest of the hospital do wear the blue, green and yellow, as you well know, time for a change i think.