different reasons for why we are not allowed to wear scrubs

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I know a lot of nursing schools still require nursing students to wear those horrible bandmaster poplin uniforms. We recently convinced our faculty to let us change to red scrub tops with black scrub pants; those are our school colors. After the change, and after uniforms were already purchased "some concerns were voiced" by students and faculty and the uniform was changed to either black or white pants. HA! Like any nursing student will choose to wear white pants if he/she has a choice. Anyway, we finally dug up the reason for the **change** supposedly those are gang colors... I guess there's a real problem with the Latin Disciples infiltrating the ICU nurse population LOL:jester:

Our uniforms are fortunately normal scrubs. They do, however, have to be BRIGHT RED with a patch on the left arm. I suspect the color was chosen to scream "I'm a student!!!! Don't trust me!!!!" :lol2:. I'm certainly not complaining though, I'm just so excited to wear ANY uniform :)

I know a lot of nursing schools still require nursing students to wear those horrible bandmaster poplin uniforms. We recently convinced our faculty to let us change to red scrub tops with black scrub pants; those are our school colors. After the change, and after uniforms were already purchased "some concerns were voiced" by students and faculty and the uniform was changed to either black or white pants. HA! Like any nursing student will choose to wear white pants if he/she has a choice. Anyway, we finally dug up the reason for the **change** supposedly those are gang colors... I guess there's a real problem with the Latin Disciples infiltrating the ICU nurse population LOL:jester:

I don't really think you are going to run into too many nursing students that are going to be a part of a gang...so I doubt that is the reason. That sounds like an urban myth that someone started.

I guarantee that EVERY COLOR COMBINATION is used by a gang somewhere...a color combination has no meaning but for the people that wear it.

To me, black and red seems so drab and dark...to me, that sounds more like the reason for the change.

I happen to like my white pants and will continue to wear them long after I graduate...made me feel like a nurse the day I put them on.

Here's my beef with the white pants. 98% of nursing students are women

(or atleast in my neck of the woods), most are young 20's to late 30's.

Ok here's the truly personal part....ALL still have their monthly cycle. I started classes 3 weeks ago and I am scared to death of when it comes for me. We've already had 1 with an "accident". Yes I know all about wearing precautions and such but hey it happens! How truly embarrasing is that?

I agree with this...and I have 'issues' in that department as well. I knew that there would be no way I could dash to the bathroom when I needed to, and we were warned to not bring purses because there was no secure place to stash them.

That is why I went to the health department, and take my BC pills and I DON'T take the sugar pills...I go straight to the next pack.

New research has shown that it is completely safe to do this, that having a monthly cycle is not necessary to maintain your health, and it makes life so much easier. I can't believe I didn't do this sooner.

The only restriction that the health department has, is that it will do 13 packs a year...after that you have to pay their cost, which is only about $11.00 per pack.

That is well worth it to me.

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