Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

trahnse · Apr 25, 2011

Can't figure out how to post the picture but I saw this one flipping through a Lydia's catalog. Flash back to the eighties! Bring back the Aqau Net hairspray to match this monstrosity!
http://www.lydiasuniforms.com/scrubs/products.asp?sku=8415L&cat=180&t=scrubs_-_landau_rosette_mandeville_scrub_top

That reminds me of my bridesmaid dress from my sister's wedding in 1988... :lol2:

purplesteth · Apr 28, 2011

Not scrubs, exactly, but this is how they currently dress the Italian Red Cross volunteer nurses.

You'd think they were in the Crimea. :rolleyes: Kinda feel sorry for them!

http://www.difesa.it/Approfondimenti/Festa-Repubblica/2giugno07/area-multimediale/gallery_d.htm?DetailID=1717

canesdukegirl, BSN, RN · Apr 29, 2011

The scrubs that I wore in nursing school were HIDEOUS! We had to wear bibs. YES! BIBS!!! And when we rotated through pediatrics, we had to wear Sesame Street and Blue's Clues bibs. SMH.

ky_grl82 · Apr 29, 2011

The scrubs that I wore in nursing school were HIDEOUS! We had to wear bibs. YES! BIBS!!! And when we rotated through pediatrics, we had to wear Sesame Street and Blue's Clues bibs. SMH.

WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PHOTO OF SAID UNIFORM!!! lol

Tarabara · May 13, 2011

The scrubs were cute. Really. A pretty pale yellow and a good color for the skintone.
They were the perfect size... for a five year old!! I cannot fully describe just how bad it was. I'll try... it's been on my mind for some time now and maybe I can finally purge the image from my memories.
The girls were cemented into place and flattened to the extent that I had to wonder if circulation was impaired. No improper cleavage could show.... maybe if the short sleeves were not similarily constricting they may have peaked out from there to gasp for air, but they were allowed no such opportunity.
The pants were very fashionable and, unfortunately, a better fit. Upon sitting, the top rode up in an valiant effort to provide for blood flow, and the pants had a low enough waist to have no hope of.... shall we say.... covering the slack.
The rear view was likewise near indescribable. The thoracic area was tighter then the best made military bed. There was the appearance of a growth above the middle of the shoulderblades as the material fought bravely for a little repreive from the strain. Around the back waist area, there was what I initially believed to be the beginning of the fabric finally giving way but as the shift went on I realized it was the elastic gather- stretched in a manner sure to make a contortionist blush.
I did my best not to look. I did amuse myself by watching the expressions on the faces of others, but that did not last for long as I was afraid I'd totally lose it. I. Did. Not. Say. A. Word. I eventually avoided eye contact with everyone for the entire shift. At one point I sat down to check something on the computer, glanced over, and didn't make that mistake again. I cleaned, I stocked, I reorganized the rooms.... anything to keep me busy and out of the line of fire. There was no possible way I could address the issue in a manner that could have led to anything close a good outcome or resolution of the situation.
A few nights later, we had a slow moment and someone tried to bring up the subject. "Hey Rhia, do you like yellow?" No, I do not. Yellow is for caution, and that is all I'll say or hear of that situation. "Awww.... c'mon, didn't you notice..." Nope, I interrupted.... and I'll say STEMI and QUIET five times in a row every fifteen minutes if you persist with this line of questioning. Another said "Now, it couldn't have been that bad!" I sighed. I took a deep breath.
STEM.....
"Ok, ok, that bad. We'll behave."
It's been a long time. I am still afraid I'll go to work one day and see those scrubs again.

Oh man i havent laughed that hard in a long time, thanks for that!

TDCHIM · May 13, 2011

The worst scrubs I ever saw were on an MA at my pain doc's office. Have you ever seen pictures of those creepy kewpie dolls from carnivals back in the 1920s-30s? The ones where the eyes just seem to follow you wherever you go? This woman had a scrub top made of dozens of pictures of those kewpie dolls. The coup de grace? SHE WAS WEARING SCRUB PANTS OF THE SAME MATERIAL. She was nearly head to foot in creepy kewpie dolls! Those scrubs were enough to give anyone nightmares. They must have been home-sewn!

Purple_Scrubs, BSN, RN · Apr 25, 2012

I had to revive this thread when I saw this...

Koi 174PLM-CTK City Kitty Scrub Top | UniformAdvantage.com

In what setting is this considered appropriate?!?!?!?

rgroyer1RNBSN, BSN, RN · Apr 26, 2012

I had to revive this thread when I saw this...Koi 174PLM-CTK City Kitty Scrub Top | UniformAdvantage.comIn what setting is this considered appropriate?!?!?!?

Puke!!! I was about to post about this exact same top! I seen this top the other night on an Lpn that works in fast track, she had actually paired this same top off with a pair of neon orange pants, anyways I was in the break room eating dinner when she walked in, I wanted to barf and I thought I was gonna need zofran orders for myself, as this made me physically ill, as that color of yellow has always made me severely ill and nauseated, then when I worked on med-surg, there was another male nurse up there and he was wearing white with a red thong, like any of us nurses really wanted to see that when he kept bending over, ewwwww!

PacoUSA, BSN, RN · Apr 26, 2012

I had to revive this thread when I saw this...
Koi 174PLM-CTK City Kitty Scrub Top | UniformAdvantage.com
In what setting is this considered appropriate?!?!?!?

Whoever wears this top is just asking to be projectile vomited on.

allnurses Guide · Apr 28, 2012

I just had to say, I still think this post is the absolutely most delightfully written and funniest thing I have ever had the pleasure to read on AN.

I have never forgotten it, think of it often when I see tight scrubs and it still makes me laugh when I think of it.

The scrubs were cute. Really. A pretty pale yellow and a good color for the skintone.
They were the perfect size... for a five year old!! I cannot fully describe just how bad it was. I'll try... it's been on my mind for some time now and maybe I can finally purge the image from my memories.
The girls were cemented into place and flattened to the extent that I had to wonder if circulation was impaired. No improper cleavage could show.... maybe if the short sleeves were not similarily constricting they may have peaked out from there to gasp for air, but they were allowed no such opportunity.
The pants were very fashionable and, unfortunately, a better fit. Upon sitting, the top rode up in an valiant effort to provide for blood flow, and the pants had a low enough waist to have no hope of.... shall we say.... covering the slack.
The rear view was likewise near indescribable. The thoracic area was tighter then the best made military bed. There was the appearance of a growth above the middle of the shoulderblades as the material fought bravely for a little repreive from the strain. Around the back waist area, there was what I initially believed to be the beginning of the fabric finally giving way but as the shift went on I realized it was the elastic gather- stretched in a manner sure to make a contortionist blush.
I did my best not to look. I did amuse myself by watching the expressions on the faces of others, but that did not last for long as I was afraid I'd totally lose it. I. Did. Not. Say. A. Word. I eventually avoided eye contact with everyone for the entire shift. At one point I sat down to check something on the computer, glanced over, and didn't make that mistake again. I cleaned, I stocked, I reorganized the rooms.... anything to keep me busy and out of the line of fire. There was no possible way I could address the issue in a manner that could have led to anything close a good outcome or resolution of the situation.
A few nights later, we had a slow moment and someone tried to bring up the subject. "Hey Rhia, do you like yellow?" No, I do not. Yellow is for caution, and that is all I'll say or hear of that situation. "Awww.... c'mon, didn't you notice..." Nope, I interrupted.... and I'll say STEMI and QUIET five times in a row every fifteen minutes if you persist with this line of questioning. Another said "Now, it couldn't have been that bad!" I sighed. I took a deep breath.
STEM.....
"Ok, ok, that bad. We'll behave."
It's been a long time. I am still afraid I'll go to work one day and see those scrubs again.

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · May 17, 2012

I had to revive this thread when I saw this...
Koi 174PLM-CTK City Kitty Scrub Top | UniformAdvantage.com
In what setting is this considered appropriate?!?!?!?

ouch...my.eyes...my EYES....MY EYES!!!!!

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · May 17, 2012

Worked for a short time with a Barbie wannabe; cadmium yellow hair and the tightest scrubs she could wrestle her body into each day. We all looked forward to "what is she gonna show up in next"! I vividly remember white pants with a low-rise waist, thin material and painted on. I remember them this vividly because of the red satin thong that rode up out of her backside every time she leaned forward. For most people, breathing is a normal function; for her, it induced sexual thoughts from whomever was in heaving range.

We also nicknamed her "Betty Boobs" lol.....