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P_RN, ADN, RN

6,011 Posts

Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

This is open to interpretation. Business casual...what on earth does that mean......what is a banker's idea and what is a stripper's idea will probably vary quite a bit.

I like the thrift shop approach. Nice (old) polyester doubleknit pants and maybe a wing collar polyester shirt.....worn every day....by ALL the department's employees and maybe a group picture for the newsletter? This is fairly open to interpretation.

Or maybe plaid bermuda shorts with knee high black socks and sandals.......socks ARE sold in the hosiery department after all.

canoehead, BSN, RN

6,890 Posts

Specializes in ER.

Ahhhh....That's a beautifil picture :)

roxannekkb

327 Posts

They once tried to pass that stupid rule at a hospital I worked per diem at in LA. No jeans, no sweats. Everyone just ignored it, and in fact, all of the nurses wore the sloppiest clothes they could think of to get the point across.

Unless they are paying you, they do not have the right to dictate what you wear in your spare time. If the shift starts at 7, and you arrive at 6:45, tell them very nicely that you will start adding the extra 15 minutes to your time card--and the extra 15 minutes at the end of the shift. I told the director of nursing at our hospital that--that if they wanted me to wear certain clothes to work, then they were going to have to start paying me pre-shift.

The rule died a pathetic death. All of you nurses just have to refuse to do it, and/or tell them they will have to begin paying you from the moment you enter the hospital, if they think that they can dictate what you wear off-duty.

Whenever I read all of this c***p that's going on, you really have to wonder--do hospitals think that this is going to solve the nursing shortage? By trying to get nurses to spend money on clothes they do not want or need? And that they will only wear from house to hospital?

mawally218

2 Posts

Is your hospital purchasing your business casual clothing? Has your hospital heard that there is a nursing shortage?

ratchit

294 Posts

the hospital that i work at has just started a policy that requires all employees to dress ''business casual'' when coming to work, at work, and leaving work...i am an ob nurse that wears scrubs..i come to work, change into hospital furnished scrubs, clock in and work....the policy now states, no jeans, gym shoes or sandals (unless wearing hose) will be worn to or from work...most nurses, wearing scrubs at work, don't own business casual....question: can a hospital require a dress policy when we haven't clocked in yet....?

thank you

dee

I'm tempted to suggest that you follow executives around and take pics of them at the mall or taking out the trash in their jammies in the morning.... But we all know the same rules don't apply to them. :)

I think it's OK for them to say you can't dress sloppily while you represent the hospital. So maybe it's OK to say you can't wear your hospital ID unless you look professional. But if they are dictating your conduct, I'd say that means you are on the clock.

It won't HAPPEN that way, but that's the way it should be.

Sheesh- makes ya wonder if some exec saw an employee in a strip club or something....

heart queen

206 Posts

Well, most of us park on the campus. If I drive a 1974 LTD with enough rust holes to resemble swiss cheeze, the muffler only passes inspection because you bought the sticker from a buddy, and one side tips lower to the ground because the shocks gave out.

Now does this project a bad image on the facility? Since I'm driving it on campus, will they tell me to buy a different vehicle... "we" have an image to uphold?

slippery slope

critcarenurse16

121 Posts

Even if you are at at will employee the rights of the employer do not extend to time that is not paid by the employer and that includes up to the time that you clock in. Federal courts have upheld the right of the employee in those instances.

Dave

I'll play Devil's advocate here just for fun...What do you do AFTER you punch in?

Do the Feds say you then have so many minutes to arrival at your unit to change into a uniform? Or do you change at the clock? Is there a locker room next to the clock? what a sight that would be to see a group of underware clad employees at the clock changing into uniforms.

I'm glad my facility isn't that anal-yet. I still go to staf meetings in jeans, shorts, whatever. As a matter of fact so does the DON! :D

RNKPCE

1,170 Posts

The only place I have heard of that has to follow a dress code while not on duty are people who work for the airlines flying for free. But in this case it is totally understandable, I would wear an evening gown if it meant I got to fly free.

Energizer Bunny

1,973 Posts

THis to me seems like a complete violation of your rights. I would bet that there was one or two people wearing outrageous things to work and instead of taking care of the problem children, they chose to address the issue this way.....ridiculous IMO...

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