Anyone else wearing old scrubs whilst shopping/running errands?

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So lately I have been wearing sets of scrubs I no longer wear on the floor, while running errands, especially when shopping. 

I have gained quite a few pounds since I've started working as a nurse ? so nothing fits me anymore LOL. I've bought a few new clothes for special occasions , but my old scrubs still fit me , so I use them when running errands. 

I often run into co-workers: oh , are you going to work,?? (They think I PRN elsewhere). I most often say yes LOL. It's embarrassing. But I feel so so comfy in my scrubs! 

Please tell me I not alone! ?

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Old scrubs are great for washing the car or painting the garage.

Don't you deserve better than that for running errands?

When my sister gained weight working night shift, she went out to the Goodwill in the wealthiest part of town and put together a few stylish outfits in her new size for very little money.

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Specializes in Private Duty Pediatrics.

If I saw you run errands while wearing scrubs, I would think:

1 You just got off work and are therefore contaminated.

2 You are going to work, but not in clean clothes.

OK, that's just me. But others might think the same . . .

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I guess I should go buy new clothes LOL ☺️

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On 9/5/2020 at 3:47 AM, NewRN'16 said:

So lately I have been wearing sets of scrubs I no longer wear on the floor, while running errands, especially when shopping. 

I have gained quite a few pounds since I've started working as a nurse ? so nothing fits me anymore LOL. I've bought a few new clothes for special occasions , but my old scrubs still fit me , so I use them when running errands. 

I often run into co-workers: oh , are you going to work,?? (They think I PRN elsewhere). I most often say yes LOL. It's embarrassing. But I feel so so comfy in my scrubs! 

Please tell me I not alone! ?

I’m Scandinavian and you never see people in scrubs anywhere outside of a hospital/healthcare facility here. Healthcare professionals don’t buy there own scrubs. They are provided and laundered at your place of employment. They are not allowed to be worn anywhere outside of work for hygienic/infection control reasons.

I agree that they are comfortable though ? but I personally wouldn’t want to be identified as a healthcare professional by the general public when I’m not at work.

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I seem to have 2 kinds of clothes:  scrubs and PJs/house clothes.  

I'm usually doing errands before or after work, so I'm in scrubs.  These days, I hardly get out of the car to do errands, everything is drive-up/drive-thru. 

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Specializes in PICU.

I don't see the problem wearing scrubs.  I don't think srubs are any more copntaminated than any other clothes worn out in public. 

Wear them, be comfortable. Buy new clothes if you want new clothes

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18 hours ago, NewRN'16 said:

So lately I have been wearing sets of scrubs I no longer wear on the floor, while running errands, especially when shopping. 

I have gained quite a few pounds since I've started working as a nurse ? so nothing fits me anymore LOL. I've bought a few new clothes for special occasions , but my old scrubs still fit me , so I use them when running errands. 

I often run into co-workers: oh , are you going to work,?? (They think I PRN elsewhere). I most often say yes LOL. It's embarrassing. But I feel so so comfy in my scrubs! 

Please tell me I not alone! ?

I'm not quite to scrubs, but I have been a bit slobbish lately. My hair is like Rapunzel's, and just wadded up on my head most of the time. I've been wearing Crocs and work out clothes to Target and Home Depot, and I haven't painted my toe nails all Spring/Summer. Covering up a small part of my face seems to make me feel invisible everywhere else.

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You mean like, full on scrubs?! or just some scrub pants? I keep my old scrub pants and wear them, but with like... regular tshirts and such. Not with scrub tops. Scrub tops I use as shop rags or for really dirty chores, like someone else said, painting. I think the pants are fine.... but... get some real shirts. 

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10 hours ago, RNNPICU said:

I don't see the problem wearing scrubs.  I don't think srubs are any more copntaminated than any other clothes worn out in public. 

Wear them, be comfortable. Buy new clothes if you want new clothes

Really?

Curious about this.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Tele/ER/Urgent Care.

I have always worn old scrub pants as pj bottoms, & around the house clothes. I wear old t shirts especially ones from previous employer to clean etc. I do wear scrub cargo pants shopping to throw cell phone in the big pocket.

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On 9/6/2020 at 8:21 AM, hherrn said:

Really?

Curious about this.

Yes.  I have always considered mine to be cesspools of disease by the time I leave behind the House of Spit.

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