Not a nurse (yet, amd considering it). I am old enough to remember when nurses wore uniforms! Back int he late 80s I volunteered at Gearge Washington University Hospital, on a gen med unit. There, the dress code was 'nurses have to wear white' - that was the only requirement, so people could tellt he nurses from the docs. Many wore white jeans and a whote t-shirt, mayve with a lab coat.
Now scrubs seem to be the norm. Any places have a different dress code?
Does having everyone in scrubs make it hard for patients to tell who is who?
where I will be working the nurses are all color-coded. Dark blue for one floor, lavender for another, etc. The techs all thru the hospital wear dark purple.
At my hospital all the nurses ( RN's, LPN'S ) wear navy and white scrubs, the other staff can wear anything they want except navy and white. I like the fact that I don't have a choice, then I don't have to figure out what to wear. You can still be yourself with a color limitation, I have the cutest navy with white pin stripes scrubs. And the best part is they are so comfy!!!!
MIA-RN1, RN
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where I will be working the nurses are all color-coded. Dark blue for one floor, lavender for another, etc. The techs all thru the hospital wear dark purple.