Anyone else call 'em johnnies?

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I went to nursing school and was a CNA in Maine, and we always called hospital gowns "johnnies". When I got my first job out of school at a hospital in NC, I sure got some curious looks when I asked people where the clean johnnies were kept, usually they thought I was talking about a commode...hehehe

Anyway, my sister is in nursing school back home and we were chatting about this today, I was wondering exactly how regional of a term it is?

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

Never heard the term Johnnies before. But I know that I worked at one place where we called the bed pads "quilted pads" and then I've heard them called Hampton pads elsewhere. Probably just a regonal or facility thing.

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We don't call them johnnies in WI either. As far as the pads go, we have disposable pads we call "chux" or "pup pads". Some patients think it's funnier to call them puppy pads, but some REALLY do not. Haha. Are those pretty common terms?

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Specializes in ER.

I'm in Maine and the term "johnnies" is still going strong. That's what we called them in Nova Scotia too. Maybe it's a northeast thing. If they don't call them johnnies, what do they say?

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at least new england, since maine is at one end and i am at the other...and we call them johnnies as well...dont have a clue as to derivation of the term.....

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I've heard the term "johnnies" before but we don't use it here in CA. We just call them gowns.

I bought some real puppy pads for house training and was surprised that they are just little chux. Funny . . .

steph

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Specializes in Acute Care.

We dont say "johnnies" here and I work in Maryland.

Our bed pads (the thicker, reusable kind) we call pink pads (one side is quilted white and the other is pink). We don't use the blue chux/chucks... Our unit doesnt allow them r/t skin breakdown issues

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I work as a nurse in the Texas Department of Corrections and a sandwich is often refered to as a "johnnie". I am not sure why though.

John

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Im originlly from Massachusetts and we called them johnnies too. I've been here in Scotland for just over nine years now and we call em theatre gowns here. :).. Ahhh yes good ole chux.. guess what we call em here in Scotland well at least in my area .... they are called fluffies.. why i dunno :)

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Specializes in OB.

I've done contracts all over the country and the only area I've heard them referred to as "johnnies" are in New England.

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.
I work as a nurse in the Texas Department of Corrections and a sandwich is often refered to as a "johnnie". I am not sure why though.

John

Actually, the brown bag meals that are sometimes served to inmates in the Tx prison system are called "johnny sacks" as a whole. Man, I wonder how many thousands of johnny sacks I passed out over 14 years.

I worked as a correctional officer and supervisor at 6 or 7 different units in TDCJ-ID, everything from ad seg to mental health and MROP.

Miss is sometimes.:banghead:

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Specializes in LTC.

I live in MN and have never heard the term Johnny

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