Mandated colors

[KRSLPN]

Do a lot of you work in facilities that require their nursing staff to wear a specific color and style of scrubs?

I am employed in LTC and the company I work for requires us to wear certain colors and style.

I read about other people and the colors and styles they purchase and become envious since we are not even permitted to wear holiday print scrubs.

Does anyone else work in a facility that does not permit them to wear holiday and/or seasonal prints?

[Wrench Party]

Nope, no color code. Most nurses wear a lot of blue due to the university-affiliated hospital, and I think ED is mandated to wear

the common 'scrub blue'. OR-issued scrubs are green.

[nursecait]

In the ICU where I work we wear royal. Printed tops are not allowed in the hospital with the exception of Peds :)

[MrsCuoco]

Right now nurses are required to wear navy or white and CNAs are required to wear ceil blue. Housekeeping is maroon phlebotomy is red, pharmacy is black, and there's a few other colors. At the end of October they are requiring us to wear all black!! It makes me so sad![/quote']

Geez...wearing black would make me feel like the angel of death.

[nrsang97, BSN, RN]

At my current job we have to wear navy for nursing. As of Feb,1 2014 when we go live on EPIC we change to ceil blue for inpatient nurses, Navy for ER, Wine/burgandy for nurse assistants (their current color), Olive for housekeeping, black for RT, and their are some other color changes but I am not sure what they are.

[aachavez]

Royal blue and/or white. In my ER we get to wear pink on Fridays year round (for breast cancer awareness). Any brand or style. Shoes are whatever we want which is nice, makes it easier to find something that works for me.

techs, CNA's, UC's are hunter green and/or khaki, radiology is burgundy, RT is navy, housekeeping, dietary and facilites mgmt doesnt wear scrubs but color coded polos and khaki pants.

[ohiobobcat]

At my hospital all RNs/LPNs wear white tops and burgundy bottoms, all ancillary staff (rad techs, PT/OT, ED techs, lab) wear white tops and navy bottoms, mid-levels and physicians wear all navy blue with a white lab coat (lab coat optional), CNAs wear all burgundy, and the OR staff wears royal purple scrubs. The radiology staff "seceded" and wore all hunter green for about a year, but they had to switch back to white/navy. Housekeeping wears navy blue scrub bottoms and light blue polo shirts. Registration can wear whatever they want as long (dress casual) as long as it is a navy/white combination. I like the uniform colors, although I wish the nurses didn't have to wear white. Whites are hard to keep white, and I tend to slop food/coffee down my shirt quite often.

We had a new mandate come down from infection control stating that we must have our sleeves pulled up to our elbows during patient care for infection control reasons. I get it, but I am not happy about it. I wear lab coats and long sleeve white shirts under my scrubs all the time because it is cold!!

[Tinkk]

I work at an LTC facility that is pretty lenient when it comes to scrubs. We can wear prints or any color we want. There are some staff though that don't wear scrub bottoms and opt for yoga pants or capris (if its summer). On Fridays we can dress casually and wear jeans if we want. The only department that can opt for regular street clothes (top to bottom) are activities staff. Policy says we have to wear all scrubs but management doesn't seem to care.