Each job title wears it's own color.

[borzoilady]

We are being told by our administrators that if all the RNs in the Hospital wear one color, the LPNs one color, NAs one color, etc. that it will improve "willingness to recommend" because pts will be able to tell who is caring for them, who they are talking to, etc. Our VP of Pt Care Services is saying that this is "studied and proven" and is becoming the standard throughout the country. Any comments?

[wlb06]

i like it, but im just in nursing school :)

[Lovely_RN, MSN]

The patients probably will not remember no matter how many times they are told who is who. When they want what they want anyone in scrubs is the nurse to them.

I guess it does work to some extent thought because where I work the CNAs wear white bottoms and pastel tops, no dark colors or bright prints. The LPNs and RNs can wear pretty much what they like as long as it's a nursing scrub or uniform.

Sometimes I dress like the CNAs in hopes that the family members of my residents will take me for one and not bug me. It tends to work too...

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

The RNs in all the hospitals here have a bright red sign that hangs below their nametag with the initials RN in white. The LPNs, APNs, CNAs, etc all have one. No one still knows who is who.

[Practicalone, LPN]

At where I work PRN, they wanted all the nursing staff to wear the same scrubs, OR their own color, Same day etc. They did not however want to supply every one with enough scrubs to make it through their 2-3 shifts. They bought everyone one set if they were PRN & PT, & 2 sets if they were FT. Guess what, only on occassion do you see staff wearing "the scrubs" with the exception of the OR and same day surg crews, and thats because the Hosp made them change clothes at work...

[Boog'sCRRN246, RN]

This is done at the hospital where I work. It started with RNs and they got to vote in a color to wear. They all hated the idea of a mandatory color scheme so they voted for black, thinking administration would decide it was too morbid. Well...it backfired! RNs wear black and/or white, LPNs wear red, and PCAs wear apricot and brown.

[stripedsock]

My hospital has color thing on the nametags - RNs are green, MDs are maroon, and everyone else is blue. Patients don't know the difference. Maybe we should go back to wearing nursing caps? (I kid.)

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

It would infuriate me if my right to wear white was taken away. I am an LPN, and I earned the right to wear the whites of a nurse.

[BinkieRN, BSN, RN]

It would infuriate me if my right to wear white was taken away. I am an LPN, and I earned the right to wear the whites of a nurse.

Wear white? For real?

[Texas Tornado]

Our hospital went to different colored scrubs for each discipline last year. Love it. Do the patients have a better understanding of who is caring for them? Many do. Others don't have a clue. It really seems to be much more benefit to the staff.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Wear white? For real?

Yes. For real. All of the talk about nurses being unrecognizable has NEVER been an issue for me because I wear whites.

And more than the whites, I would be very offended at being required to wear a different color than the RN's. Esp in this instance Real Nurses get to wear white if they want, Little Pretend Nurses can't.

[PICNICRN, BSN, RN]

I worked at a hospital that did this... RNs navy, LPNs green, CNAs red, units secs khaki, RT blue and so on. Still, people called everyone who came in the room wearing scrubs "the nurse". People don't pay any attention. For God's sake we have a HUGE red tag with the letters RN on it, I guess that is not enough.