Are you required to wear certain color scrubs? styles? What color? Does your facility offer a uniform allowance? Do they provide scrubs? Do they offer payroll deduction?
We are currently voting on what color scrubs we want to wear as nurses and whether different disciplines should wear different colors. We are trying to look more professional and help our patients be able to identify who is walking in their room, nurse? housekeeper? lab? aide?
Any of your thoughts and how uniforms are working in your hospital will be greatly appreciated.
Are you required to wear certain color scrubs? styles? What color? Does your facility offer a uniform allowance? Do they provide scrubs? Do they offer payroll deduction?
We are currently voting on what color scrubs we want to wear as nurses and whether different disciplines should wear different colors. We are trying to look more professional and help our patients be able to identify who is walking in their room, nurse? housekeeper? lab? aide?
Any of your thoughts and how uniforms are working in your hospital will be greatly appreciated.
Yep. White or royal blue (or both) for all nurses. No payroll deduction, uniform allowance, and no they don't provide the scrubs.
Yes, our hospital mandates what scrub color each discipline must wear. We started doing this about 6 years ago. I have to say that at first I did not like it, but at this point, I think it was a very smart decision.
It looks professional. You can easily identify a fellow nurse, aide, secretary, etc from different floors. Patients DO love it.
Having visited a hospital recently where this was not the case---it just makes the whole hospital look so much better to have the color coordinated uniforms!
Our hospital does not give a uniform allowance. They do host an annual uniform sale that allows us to payroll deduct with added discounts.
We have color coded scrub dresscodes but can wear any color scrubs on Friday! Yipee!!! I usually wear bright colors in the summer and spring, b/c usually I'm in navy. The patients usually say they:p like the bright colorful scrubs.
The hospital I work at also has color coded scrubs and I think it was a smart move for them. I work on a medical floor and most patients are smart enough to figure out who is who form what color they have on. It also helps me to identify other staff are entering the room or on the floor.
egood I think your work place has made a good compromise. Unfortunately my place of work has not made this compromise. My place of work has put us (RNs) in royal blues tops and either white or royal blue bottoms. They provided us with two sets of scrubs!!. That's it. They are very cheap. Im a very tiny woman and Im swimming in them. I have to fold the top of my pants over twice. I can't alter the bottoms because the crotch of my pants hang down to my knees. As far as patient satisfaction I have a huge sign that says RN on my name tag. I can understand uniformed scrubs in like areas of peds and OB, and I agree I don't want sponge bob's nurse working on me in ICU, but I totally disagree with uniforms. Sorry for the rant.
PeachyERNurse, BSN, RN
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Yep. White or royal blue (or both) for all nurses. No payroll deduction, uniform allowance, and no they don't provide the scrubs.