Tee vs. No Tee

cursenurse · May 4, 2005

if your clinical instructor allows you to wear a t shirt under your top and your top is a little big, you should do it. i sometimes wear a shirt under my scrub top for warmth, but if i feel that my top is going to be gaping open i wear one for modesty. a girl i work with was doing a procedure on a pt, i was standing at the head of the bed and the pt and myself were able to see right down her top.

not now, RN · May 4, 2005

I always wore a men's white undershirt with my school scrubs. I noticed that you could see the outline of everyone's bra and I didn't want that to happen to me. Granted I wear a sport bra with my scrubs but just the thought skeeved me out.

At work I wear an undershirt, I like having something fitted under the lose scrub top. If it's hot I'll wear a fitted men's tank top (AKA "wifebeater") under my scrub top.

allnurses Guide · May 4, 2005

Depends on the scrub top. Most of them gap or come down too far for modesty, especially when leaning over :uhoh21: . I have made several of my own, with an extra panel across the v-neck, so I don't have to wear a tee.

AKAKatydid · May 4, 2005

I wear fitted tees or tank-tops under my scrub tops. If you wear something fitted, you probably won't need to change your top size.

I'm a bit "busty" and I'd feel like I were naked and exposed if I weren't wearing something under my scrub top. Like cursenurse, I've seen girls' whole front-sides while they were bending over.. and I soo don't want to be that one!

Super_RN, BSN, RN · May 4, 2005

I always wear a fitted shirt under my scrub tops. I don't like my top gapping open for everyone else to see! Plus I work in ICU and it's always relatively more cold here than elsewhere.

:balloons: Jaime

BabyNurse513 · May 4, 2005

I guess I am the oddball here but I never wear a tee underneath my scrubs. The temp in my unit fluctuates as does mine depending on what is going on so I usually wear a zip up hoodie that I can take off if I get warm or put on if I am cold.

rjflyn, ASN, RN · May 4, 2005

Being male I wear a t-shirt as I have a fairly hairy chest. As a couple posters mentioned white scrubs are pretty see through. From my clinical we were not allowed to wear scrubs so to speak, the tops had to be button down shirts or polos. Pants had to be white slack pants of some type. For the women if their bra could be seen through the top material they had to wear a white t-shirt and guys if hairy and visable had to wear one as well. We were also informed to make appropriate choices for underwear as in white they tend to be seen quite easily.

Rj:rolleyes:

Trauma Columnist · May 4, 2005

I wear a t-shirt or tank top under my scrubs so that I don't gape open.

Blackcat99 · May 4, 2005

I use to wear a T-shirt under my uniform when I was younger. However, once I hit menopause and started having "hot flashes" I had to stop wearing T-shirts. I now feel like I'm a "loose woman" with all these gaping open areas on my uniform top. :chuckle

cabbage patch rn · May 4, 2005

Usually, I get too hot to wear a tee under my scrub top. I haven't had the problem with my v-neck gaping open, maybe it's the way certain tops are made?

ttaraRN · May 4, 2005

hi carrie...i agree with many that have replied to your post. i always wear a fitted tank under my scrub tops. i am rather short in stature and the v-necks (that most tops have) tend to dip a bit lower on my very short torso. wearing a tank eliminates the worry that i might move the wrong way and give someone a sneak peak :chuckle good luck with your clinicals