Can nurses wear skirts?

Gennaver, MSN · Apr 6, 2007

... I am curious about your statement that your friends who are RNs all wear skirts and seem to haveno problems dealing with men who openly leer. ....

Hi,

I never had anyone openly leer or act rude in the years that I was skirt-only.

Then again, I was there to do a job and my uniform was never an issue, nor was it short or tight or whatever. It had nothing to do with anything it was my uniform-that is all, nothing more.

Now, I have had men openly leer more than once when I wear pants and a top but, I do not give a hoo haa because, again, there are ways to deal with men who are driven to distraction by your 'bottom' in their face as you bend and so on.

Gen

Cattitude · Apr 6, 2007

I read all your posts on this thread and wonder how you'll find nursing as a whole, once you actually start.
Since you've made so many blanket assumptions about men, women, nurses, etc, I feel it is you who will have a tough time overcoming the stereotyping you live by. .

I just caught on to this thread today. I didn't realize it had turned into such a hot zone!

RnsRWe, you wrote a very nice, lengthy post which I clipped to these 2 sentences. I strongly agree with both of them and also wonder how the OP will do.. I have nothing to add, you did a good job!

CHATSDALE · Apr 7, 2007

i can't imagine anyone using the term SHEMAN that is insulting and should not be tolerated

nurses look good in clean ironed uniforms whether they are skirts or pants

i have never met a patient who thought more of a nurse because of what she/he wore

family members who laugh when a patient says or acts in a crude manner are doing no one a favor, not the dirty old man and not the professionals

by the way, the hats begone thing is one thing i will always appreciate the men in the profession for...when the men started to move in the hat requirement when out because it was discrimination to require a female to wear a hat when the male did not have to..those were the most germ laden things on the floor

LilPeanut, MSN, RN, NP · Apr 7, 2007

I read that article and it was about nurses in Croatia.

Now, having visited a third world hospital recently, things are not as they seem always - nurse is a term used very loosely around the world.

Plus, I'm sure there are several sexist based countries who would feel much better if prostitutes were coming by to visit and cheer them up - that doesn't mean they are providing good nursing care.

I might get some scrub skirts/dresses, just for a change of pace, but that's for my own benefit, not because the patient's families need to see my bare legs to be cheered up.

MedSurgeMess · Apr 7, 2007

Just wear what is comfortable for you, and don't worry about what anyone else thinks. As long as you are professional in action and dress, people will never give a second thought as to what you wear

nuangel1, BSN, RN · Apr 7, 2007

Just wear what is comfortable for you, and don't worry about what anyone else thinks. As long as you are professional in action and dress, people will never give a second thought as to what you wear

:yeahthat: :bow: very well said and could not agree more."sweetface " has a lot to learn .i do not take inappropriate behaviour from pt or family .i stop it immediately.i am pro women ,pro womens issues and would call by self a feminist.i don't believe thats a bad thing.

tgb3rn · Apr 7, 2007

When I'm hospitalized, can I get a male nurse in a g-string? No?

Sure!!! I'll do it for ya!!! but you may not like it any. I'm about 235lbs and as hairy as an ape!:monkeydance:

Tom

XYRNMN · Apr 7, 2007

'Course, as a male I might be able to get away with wearing a kilt, but seeing as how I'm not Scottish, I'll stick with my standard PJ's (scrubs).

-K

morte, LPN, LVN · Apr 7, 2007

'Course, as a male I might be able to get away with wearing a kilt, but seeing as how I'm not Scottish, I'll stick with my standard PJ's (scrubs).

-K

lololololol, i swear i must have a little esp going on.....i have been reading this thread from the beginning, and only just now thought of the kilt thing....i promise it was before i read your post...lol

corbinRN · Sep 4, 2007

The Amish are a split from the Mennonites (when Jacob Amman couldn't resolve differences with the Mennonite Church).
source: WikiPedia.
I work for a not for profit Mennonite institution.
cheers,

I live near Grifton, NC where there is a population of Holdeman Mennonites. This type of mennonite is most similar to Amish. They dress with the "old-fashioned" dresses and they must have their hair covered. Men must have beards. In church, women are on the left side and men on the right.

For as much as I can tell, the only acceptable profession (as in going to school to be trained for) is nursing and even that decision must be passed through the elders.

They can't have radios or TVs. They can't marry outside of the church and they don't date/court.

At least that is the Holdeman Mennonites in my area. Not all Mennonites are this strict.

I know this has been off subject for quite some time, but for those interested...

Indy, LPN, LVN · Sep 4, 2007

This thread is such a hoot! Let's see, yes my looks do affect my work performance. Cute clog shoes with buckles affect me when I trip over things like IV's. (I wear 'em anyway, just not every day.) Hair is an issue: it absolutely must be out of my face and off my neck or I'll fiddle with it and that's yucky. Yeah, I'll iron my scrubs before putting them on. No, I won't wear a skirt but that's just me and my size.

Reality hits once I do that thing called work, and it produces a munchkin who doesn't resemble the person who looked all smart in the bathroom earlier before the shift. Shoes get abominable things on them, that cute little half bun thing on my head turns into a stringy moplooking thing with greasy bangs and loose ends every which way, wrinkles happen as soon as I get in the car to come to work. I'm not five feet, so patient transfers frequently involve me getting ON the receiving stretcher, and dirty things encountered during such moves find their way to the upper front of my formerly white top. Oh yeah, and the weight of all the crap in my top's pockets causes it to sag, making the back end ride up a bit, adding about a foot to the width of my behind.

Any old fella who finds me attractive on a work night is surely sick and needs to be in the hospital.

I like the old fashioned look of the scrub dress, etc. But because I don't have to adapt to working in it, there is no way I'm gonna do it. I can barely walk right with britches on, let alone a skirt.

doe9181 · Sep 4, 2007

Good enough. It's the scrubs that look unprofessional and sloppy and anything unisex to me is sheman material. Not that the nurse is a sheman herself. Remember Saturday Night Live, Pat? Scrubs remind me of Pat. They are great for OR because it's messy and no ones looking.
What I cannot change in men I do accept. If it were a doctor, someone I had to work with, thats a whole other story. Having a patient act out is annoying, but I understand it. Understanding something doesn't mean I am all for it though. I just understand it and if you have that you don't take it personal. Think about it, there are worse things than a man whistling at you because he thinks you look good to him. If we get all ruffled up over that then we are drama queens and should be on stage instead.
But if its a doctor, a professional peer, that should never be tolerated.
Thanks for letting me know about brushing germs around from the skirt hitting the floor. It never dawned on me.

I don't think that scrub pants are sloppy or sheman-like. The new ones with flare styles are cute and I feel that nurses can look put together when wearing pants or skirts. I personally think the skirts are ugly and unfeminine. They make women look like pilgrims. :lol2: My boyfriend has also told me plenty of times that my butt looks good in my scrub pants.