Help design new nursing uniform

P_RN, ADN, RN · Jul 8, 2003

Something to set the nurses apart......oh I know that BIG SILVER bandolier that Worf wears on STNG.

nrw350 · Jul 8, 2003

flowerchild I believe you have hit the nail on the head with your post. But I have not idea what nurses can wear to set them apart from other service people that is professional looking and easy to care for, as well as not being too expensive. My guess is that scrubs are not that expensive based on the number of professions that use them.

flowerchild · Jul 8, 2003

Worf is cool!

I'll wear his bandolier. Reminds me of the sash I wore in Girl Scouts. WTH, if it would work. LOL. Can I earn patches to wear on it? We could get colors to match our pants!

JnJTyson · Jul 8, 2003

I'm the same way with scrubs..I'm a larger woman (sz 20) And I actually have one of those hour glass figures....when I wear normal clothes..I can kinda hide some of the extra poundage but still look nice. Then there are scrubs. I look like a giant shipping box with legs and arms! I finally gave up and spent some money on having the tops taken in up in the chest area so it looked a little better. I'm one of those people that if I think I look like crap, I feel like crap. It honestly can take a toll on your communication with pts...at least with me. It makes me feel a lot better to look in the mirror and see that I look professional rather than like a box. Makes me feel better about myself, puts me in a better mood, and therefor makes me much more plesant to be around! =0)

nowplayingEDRN · Jul 8, 2003

Originally posted by SandySummers
This is really bad!

Is this a problem with Netscape or Internet Explorer? It's been a while since I took the survey, and I seem to think that I had to use Explorer to take it, but I can't quite remember.

Please everyone, post the problems you had with it here and I will alert the people conducting the survey about it. Please list what operating system and browser you are using to help them debug the survey.

Thank you all for your help,

Sandy

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Sandy Summers, MSN, MPH, RN
Executive Director
The Center for Nursing Advocacy
[email protected]
http://www.nursingadvocacy.org

Windows XP professional using AOL web browser and IE

MomNRN, BSN, RN · Jul 9, 2003

I had no problem answering the survey.

I loved wearing scrubs when I worked at a hospital. I knew my job, I knew I functioned as a professional, I knew my patients and peers respected me, other than that I could care less what people think.

We had free rein over what to choose to wear to work. A white outfit, with white "real" nurse shoes, wouldn't work in the ER setting I worked in. Comfort was an important issue as well. If I have to run around all hours of the day and night, I prefer to be comfortable!

I now work in a setting (special needs school) where I can wear street clothes. I occasionally wear scrubs, but not too often. The students and the staff get freaked out when I look like a "nurse." The kids relate much better when I look like their mother!

LeesieBug · Jul 9, 2003

polyester with lots of buckles and zippers.........

Happy, how weird! You just described my school uniform!!!!!!!!:chuckle

Kaylesh · Jul 9, 2003

I just took the survey and had no problems with it.. I use Internet explorer as well.. ohhh well perhaps there has been a problem with the server for the site or something..

Kay

Rocknurse, MSN, APRN, NP · Jul 10, 2003

I, for one, love scrubs! When I had just qualified we used to wear these horrible blue polyester dresses with black tights and belts. They were so restrictive you couldn't move, and you sweated constantly. I hated them. Now I'm in ICU we wear scrubs and they're so comfortable and I think I look like a real nurse from ER now! Other nurses in my hospital still wear stupid uniforms. Yuk...I'd rather wear scrubs.

SandySummers · Jul 10, 2003

Thank you all for completing the survey. I hope the web site continues to work better. I haven't heard from them, but perhaps they have been working on it since you all sent along your comments.

Just an idea--what do you all think about having some sort of symbol on the uniform so that patients could differentiate a nurse's educational background--kind of like military uniforms--you can tell from the uniform that the person is a private or a General. Maybe our nursing uniforms could have one star (or other symbol) for an LPN, 2 stars for an AD or Diploma RN, 3 stars for a BSN, 4 stars for an MSN, 5 stars for the PhD...

I just wanted to throw this up for discussion. Please let us hear what you think.

Thank you,

Sandy

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Sandy Summers, MSN, MPH, RN

Executive Director

The Center for Nursing Advocacy

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Jul 10, 2003

SandySummers you must be trying to start a fight with all that star stuff. An RN is an RN.

As long as Im alive there will be school discrimination in nursing.

ainz · Jul 10, 2003

Scrubs and tennis shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, it is not a fashion shoe for the ladies who are worried about their appearance. Who cares, we all look like crap in scrubs relative to nice clothes. I miss scrubs and tennis shoes! I really despise the crisp, white uniform, it just looks so. . . . well. . . . . . nursey.