For those who don't wear scrubs, what do you wear to work?

[cbcle]

For those of you who aren't required to wear scrubs to work, what do you usually wear? I love my hospital job, but get very tired of scrubs. I love having a day job where I can mix it up a bit!

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

I see people wearing uniform pants with T shirts. Some will throw a printed scrub jacket over the top and switch it up on occasion.

[RN58186]

I wear dress pants and blouses/tops suitable for an office. If I have to do anything such as dressings or catheterizations I have a lab coat in my office. At one point we all wore scrubs, now we all wear office clothes. I do not miss my scrubs at all.

[anurseatlast]

I work in the community, not in a hospital. I can wear business casual but usually wear scrubs. They are made to stand up to repeated washing and are comfortable for sitting on the floor at clients' homes. When doing a visit in a third floor un-airconditioned apartment, the scrubs are so much cooler. I always wear brightly colored printed tops and use it to teach moms about what kind of colors and patterns attract babies. It is also easier - like a uniform - not too much thinking about what I am going to wear. Still somedays I feel like wearing something else; those days I wear business casual - slacks and a blouse or logowear (with our company name).

[tyvin, BSN, RN]

When in psych we were allowed to wear our street clothes. In other places where I did MDS work I wore street clothes with a lab coat. Of course I'm not talking about jeans and a t-shirt but dress pants and blouses, vest, more of a business attire.

[diva rn, BSN, RN]

I do case management for insurance companies. It's strictly an office~telephone job...so it's totally casual for us. I usually do wear comfortable slacks/jeans and tee shirts..now that it's football season again, we will wear our favorite team t shirts and jerseys on fridays and have our "face offs"...(there's about 30 of us nurses and 10 of us are football nuts)

GO COLTS...(yes, I know "He's" out for the season)

[txredheadnurse, BSN, RN]

I'm in a non clinical job so it's business casual for me. Since I travel constantly I prefer knits and light weight cotton/cotton blends. They fold well and a quick press or steam makes them look fresh when unpacked.

[Hay Nars, RN]

I work on a Med-Surg unit and I wear scrub bottoms and a white t-shirt. (:

[JDZ344]

We wear these:

http://lpn-to-rn.org/pics/Nurse-uniform1.jpg

But different colours for RNs, Charge nurses, Assistants, radiology etc.

[IdrilRN, BSN, RN]

Jeans or or regular pants and a shirt, sometimes a sweat shirt. When I worked at the state hospital everyone, even the docs, wore jeans and tee shirts. I remember in orientation there, they told us not to wear anything we cared too much about as eventually it would get wrecked. We could even wear decent shorts.

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

kneehighs and flipflops!! (sorry, I couldn't resist)

[ear]

We are not supposed to wear scrubs. Working in the psych er, they want us to be more casual. I wont wear slacks and blouse, too nice to get messed up. I ususally wear some sort of cargo pant, with a print shirt and a nicer hoodie (not the sweatshirt material) Every once in a while, I wear a long skirt and top.