Black scrubs?

[SaraO'Hara]

All right, I admit it, I tend toward the Gothic side of things outside of work. My problem is that I feel... ill at ease? in bright or pastel colors. I made myself a scrub top from a black print with little dancing skeletons on it. Is this weird / inappropriate to wear (I'm in LTC)? What would you think of an LVN in black / funky print scrubs?

[flightnurse2b, LPN]

i have quite a few sets of all black scrubs, but i don't think the dancing skeletons are appropriate.... kinda creepy.

[saali]

sorry to say

it is more than weired

i think it's good only to scare a patient to death:lol2:

[SaraO'Hara]

I think we have a few cultural differences

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

Baby Phat makes some nice solid black scrubs, which I wear. I also wear a lot of roses and other florals on black.

If I showed up in a skeleton print- I know that would go over like a lead balloon where I work.

[Music in My Heart]

Just because nobody complains doesn't mean that it doesn't bother them. Given the dependent nature of being an LTC resident I would expect that some people don't complain for fear of alienating the very people on whom they're so dependent. And let us not forget the aphasic residents or the confused ones.

Personally, I think skeletons on the scrubs is out of line.

I don't think the workplace is the place to insist on making a statement about one's sense of style or life philosophy.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

black scrubs strike me as a whole lot more practical than white! even head-to-toe black. but the dancing skeletons might bother some of your elderly patients, whether or not they actually complain.

[MQ Edna]

I think it would be awesome to wear black scrubs with skeletons on them (I'm a bit 'gothic' myself), but I think I would have to work in a morgue to do so.

[serendipity123]

Honestly, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. They are DANCING skeletons, no? I think that makes it clear that they are not dead or representing death in any way. She just thinks they are cute. Her patients don't have a problem with it. So what would be the problem?

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

I have a scrub top that has babies on it. Babies. Nothing offensive about babies, right? All cute and snuggly, wrapped up in blankets and smiling. Very cute top. But not so cute when I'm admitting a patient who has delivered a dead baby. It happened to me once, and I gave the top away shortly after.

I have another top with flying pigs on. When pigs fly....anyway, I don't wear that top either because of the high likelihood of my taking care of a patient for whom pork is considered unclean. May be overly cautious or too 'politically correct', but really, it is not that big a burden for me to wear another type of top. The patients' life is easier, ergo, so is mine. :)

[amberp83]

Skellies might be cute in an orthopedic's office... or for an x-ray tech. LTC it is a little bit iffy. I lean toward the gothic side of things too, but I can't see myself wearing skelletons to work, it is more an off work thing for me.

I've seen a lot of great black and white scrub tops over the past few months. I had my eye on one that was empire waist black w/ white polkadots and a white tie at Life Uniforms. I'd love to see the tops you've made!

[hikari808]

If I was a patient and I saw my nurse in a scrub with skeletons, I too would think of death... Unless you wear it near halloween or something I might think of halloween.. But still, i dont know. Everyone has their own opinions. :)

[anonymousandy]

Black looks professional/serious, and can be off-set with a contrasting undershirt to add a little color. The skeletons would do just the opposite for me. If I were a patient, it would be like having a piece of fabric taunting me, saying, "Hey, death is pretty goofy! Look! I'm dancing!" Ugh.