Where to wear ID badge

[poopylala, BSN, RN]

My scrubs don't have an upper chest pocket so when I begin clinicals for my BSN, I'm not sure where I wear my ID badge. I've seen some scrubs that have some kind of little extra piece of material or a small cord that is meant especially for an ID badge but is that something that's easy to add on? Is that even safe to add on?

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Most facilities have regulations about wearing in view....most people wear a lanyard. I would recommend one that breaks away so you don't get choked by it.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

I wear the lanyard issued by my facility, but lots of my coworkers where their on retractable reels that clip onto the V-neck of their scrubs

[melizerd, ASN, RN]

We are required to have it above the waist, no lanyards allowed. So it gets clipped to one side of my scrubs in the neck line.

[VioletMae]

I use small, round magnets; one for the back of the metal clip, the other on the inside of my scrub top. I don't glue the magnet to the clip, in case it gets pulled off it just "snaps" back to the magnet.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

We have it on our shirt collars. I tell people they need to take off their ID badge with a violent patient so they won't choke us with it since it's not break away. In all honesty, those type of ID badges are dangerous.

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

According to our ICPs, lanyards also pose an infection risk..... dangling all sorts of places where they shouldn't. I like that magnet idea.

[OwlieO.O]

Don't use a lanyard. Infection and safety risk (just like hair). I clip mine to the V-neck collar at the base.

[OwlieO.O]

I use small, round magnets; one for the back of the metal clip, the other on the inside of my scrub top. I don't glue the magnet to the clip, in case it gets pulled off it just "snaps" back to the magnet.

What about pacemakers?

[chare]

I place a small safety pin through the front of my shirt and clip my badge to it.

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

but lots of my coworkers where their on retractable reels that clip onto the V-neck of their scrubs

This is what I do. It has to be above the waist. In the past, I have used the clip to clip it into the V-neck or onto the flap of the pocket of my scrub shirt.

[Kenneth Oja, PhD, RN]

Check with your clinical instructor or the dress code policy of your nursing program to see if there are any specific guidelines for wearing your ID badge. They may also have suggestions for how to wear your ID badge if your scrubs don't have an upper chest pocket.