Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

[CaLLaCoDe]

i just wondered what your perspective on this trend is; i mean here it is that we have stirred away from this trend with diverse patterns and pastels. so, are you a dork? i count myself as one...just want to know that if someone's fluids ends up on me what particular color it is!!??? :trout:

[htrn]

My nsg school uniform was white pants and blue scrub top. As I suffered through uterine fibroids and all that they come with , I could never understand why in the world it was expected that (primarily) young women of childbearing age would be required to wear white pants.

I spent 7 years in the Navy having to wear dress whites nearly everyday. It is amazing how filthy they can get just from office work!!! I can't imagine having to keep nursing whites clean with the type of work we do on a daily basis.

I love my hospital provided blue scrubs

[GardenDove]

Let's all keep in mind that colored clothes get the same dirt that whites get, it just doesn't show. So, your colored clothes only LOOK clean, they really aren't.

[truern]

On any given day I'll wear ceil blue or white pants with tops with hearts, bears, snoopy, butterflies, whatever.....any of which look 100% better than those scrubs that look as if their owner rolled out of bed in them this morning

Whatever happened to personal choice and respect for others' choices?? You feel free to choose NOT to wear Snoopy, but please respect MY choice to.

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Whatever happened to personal choice and respect for others' choices?? You feel free to choose NOT to wear Snoopy, but please respect MY choice to.

Well said.

(I hope the people that refered to the printed scrubs as being "infantile," "degrading," and "unprofessional" take the same respectful path)

[GardenDove]

They are signs of a culture that values personal expression. I'm glad I live in such a culture. I think the pts understand because they share this cultural value.

I have one scrub top with horses that my younger daughter picked out from a catalogue. My pts love it, I constantly get comments. I live in an area where many people own horses, the top really resonates with them. It's a conversation piece that then allows me to get to know them better.

[GardenDove]

Wearing white, btw, is also a way of expressing oneself. It's just not my personal cup of tea, but on certain people it looks just right.

[Jo Dirt]

persoanlly i think the nurses in all white looks scarier to patients than the ones wearing all black

I know a male nurse who said when he had to wear all white at his job people thought he was with the asylum.

As for the cartoons, I guess they are okay if you are on a pediatric ward, but it doesn't seem very professional to see an adult nurse working with adults and have Spongebob scrubs...but I guess I'm a hypocrite, because somewhere along the line I picked up a Winnie the Pooh Christmas scrub top and have worn it many years, even in the summer.

I won't conscientiously set out to find cartoon scrubs, though.

[AfloydRN, BSN, RN]

I think white is appropriate for all areas of patient care, except Peds. For some reason children are more afraid of us in white. I'm not saying to wear spongebob, but pastels are fine. The older adult patient always comments on how professional we look if in white.

[lauralassie]

I love white. I found some really cute white uniforms. They actually remind me of my nursing school uniform (in the 70's). I love white but , man am I ever messy when it comes to blood draw, pink medications and my own cup of tea. So, as long as I have plenty of shout, I'm OK.

[jimthorp]

If you do wear white here is a hint...Wash them with just a little dish soap, the kind that cuts grease. Your uniforms will never get dingy. Don't use to much because you don't want all the suds in the washer.

Thanks for the tip! I wear white pants.

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

I think white is appropriate for all areas of patient care, except Peds. For some reason children are more afraid of us in white. I'm not saying to wear spongebob, but pastels are fine. The older adult patient always comments on how professional we look if in white.

It's not realistic for OR.

[CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN]

I know i commonly get called "Doctor" at my facility, possibly because I'm sometimes wearing white. And sometimes I don't correct them since I can tell them the importance of some action with a little more authority....until they speek up and say, "Hey, wait a minute, you're a nurse!":devil: