Eww white uniforms??

[jla623]

So, I just found out that we will be wearing white uniforms next semester....white scrubs to be exact. Anyone else have to wear white? Normally I wouldn't mind, but I am the type of person that spills something on themselves everytime they wear white. In fact, last time I wore white pants (5+ years ago) I just happened to sit on a chocolate cupcake. No joke.

I guess I will just have to buy like 5 pairs incase I get some sort of lethal permanent cupcake stain.

I like white! Just not ALL white. Anyone have anything worse to make me feel better?

[elizabells, BSN, RN]

And if you can't find any chux, folded 4x4s with a little paper tape on the back are a good McGyver'ed maxi-pad. Not that I've ever done that, of course...:uhoh21:

OH, and I keep a spare set of underpants in my work bag (don't have a locker). Me, neurotic? Naaaaaaah.

[Amysuenu]

At our school we wear the old fashoined uniforms that have an apron button-up front with huge pockets that you can fit almost anything in them, they flare and far from figure flattering, cold and you definitely need a white shirt to wear underneath to be more discreet.

On the other hand, we get so many comments on how professional we look. I had one person stop me and say wow a real nurse!!! Made me proud, even though I'n only 4 months into school.

We also are required to wear the cap during clincal and each level have another stripe (baby blue) added to it and then get new ones for graduation. They are sometimes annoying as you forget they are on and bump into things...

:Santa1:

[angstudentnurse]

uniform... I would enjoy a little color now and then as would some of my classmates who get periods from hell.

I worry about that too.

Because sometimes..ya know..it's a bit unpredictable....

[NoviceRN10]

I am appreciating more and more the smurf blue uniform I get to sport at clinicals . Lucky me!

[AuntieRN]

We had to wear these ugly teal uniforms in nursing school. I could not wait to get rid of them. Where I work we wear a combination of port wine and white. I find myself mostly wearing all white for the simple reason that the port wines never seem to match even from the same company and I am anal and have to match. But I also have to admit the white does make me feel a little more professional.

[Faeriewand, ASN, RN]

I posted here and told you about my nursing school uniform at clinicals-all white with a teal trim. I feel like the old-fashioned orderly, not a nurse, while wearing them. I look at what real nurses wear and we stick out like sore thumbs. :)

[happynewLPN]

Yep, we wear all white uniforms at our nursing school, too. At first I felt like a huge walking billboard that proclaimed, "YES, I'M A STUDENT NURSE!!", but after a while I got used to it.

As for keeping it clean and tidy, I swear by the peroxide and modest amounts of Clorox bleach when laundering. Not too much as it will yellow your uniform.

[catzy5]

Yep, we wear all white uniforms at our nursing school, too. At first I felt like a huge walking billboard that proclaimed, "YES, I'M A STUDENT NURSE!!", but after a while I got used to it.

As for keeping it clean and tidy, I swear by the peroxide and modest amounts of Clorox bleach when laundering. Not too much as it will yellow your uniform.

I am looking forward to my white uniform, I am so excited to be a student nurse, and I don't mind it screaming out student, I don't want anyone to think I am an RN, and request something of me in an emergency or something hehehee.

[happynewLPN]

I am looking forward to my white uniform, I am so excited to be a student nurse, and I don't mind it screaming out student, I don't want anyone to think I am an RN, and request something of me in an emergency or something hehehee.

That's very true. There are some benefits of wearing white. :)

[*Scrubs*]

wearing white is an honor even if it dosent flatter my JLo butt!

I am looking forward to my white uniform, I am so excited to be a student nurse...

I totally agree. I just ASSUMED I would wear all white when in nursing school, and possibly afterwards. Some of the new styles and cuts of the printed scrubs are tacky IMO ~and I am not elderly. Especially the black and red ones with the empire waist top- they look like you should be giving massages- not providing care.

[catzy5]

I totally agree. I just ASSUMED I would wear all white when in nursing school, and possibly afterwards. Some of the new styles and cuts of the printed scrubs are tacky IMO ~and I am not elderly. Especially the black and red ones with the empire waist top- they look like you should be giving massages- not providing care.

our white uniform isn't bad, I was worried about thin white elastic waist pants, but they are actually not too bad, they are cargo style white pants a very thick material and I hear they clean easily. The shirts kind of boxy and scratchy, but I figure I can wear a tshirt under it. All in all it isn't as bad as I thought, I am kind of glad we don't have the apron thing I have seen from some schools.

[Faeriewand, ASN, RN]

our white uniform isn't bad, I was worried about thin white elastic waist pants, but they are actually not too bad, they are cargo style white pants a very thick material and I hear they clean easily. The shirts kind of boxy and scratchy, but I figure I can wear a tshirt under it. All in all it isn't as bad as I thought, I am kind of glad we don't have the apron thing I have seen from some schools.

Yup, like I said in my first post, I kept my uniform clean by wearing a white t-shirt underneath and those students who did not do that got horrible yellow stains under the arms-very visible. White t-shirt definitely recommended! :chuckle