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I start the nursing program at a community college in January and our school only designated that our uniforms be white! I cannot find any professional white uniforms except for a few styles. Does anyone know of anyplace I can buy white nursing uniforms online? I am not skinny and white is not exactly flattering when you have padding. :chuckle

Any advice on websites or flattering uniforms would be appreciated. I want to look professional.

Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry.
I start the nursing program at a community college in January and our school only designated that our uniforms be white! I cannot find any professional white uniforms except for a few styles. Does anyone know of anyplace I can buy white nursing uniforms online? I am not skinny and white is not exactly flattering when you have padding. :chuckle

Any advice on websites or flattering uniforms would be appreciated. I want to look professional.

Don't you just LOVE padding??!!!:rotfl: My program's uniform is not all white, but my pants are and THAT'S my biggest problem area! I found that Uniform City and Wal-Mart were actually helpful. Good luck!

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i'm happy to read that they are others out there who have to wear those ugly white uniforms! :rolleyes:

and we're not allowed to wear scrubs either, it has be a student uniform top.

here's what most of us wear:

http://www.uniformcorner.com/acatalog/landau8051.html

http://www.ackley-uniforms.com/landau_8320.htm

and of course we have the patch of our school on the left sleeve.

sonja, for some reason your tunic top reminds me of the see's candies uniforms!! all you need is a little black cardigan! :chuckle

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry/PCU, SNF.

I was extremely upset when I found out that our clinical unis would be white, but in spite of that I've grown to appreciate them. It's weird, a couple of great compliments about how professional you look can really change an attitude (at least for as long as you are on the floor!).

We have white tops, with the CC badge/crest/logo embroidered on it, which are available only in one place in town...a little bit of a monopoly if you ask me. But they are Barco and not bad at all, not see-thru, but only 1 pocket. Luckily we get to wear teal blue pants, of any style we want. I get the drawstring ones so that my patient don't confuse me with a plumber (a little bit of a vertical smile issue).

And after seeing those unis above, makes me very glad of what we have. It could be much worse!

Cheers,

Tom

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Specializes in Pediatrics.
you know honestly - from the school's standpoint - you would think they would go the scrub route like all the other schools are doing. the old style uniforms appear so dated - and that is one thing a nursing school cannot afford! it sets the image that the school is "old" and doesn't bother to keep up with the times. it wouldnt matter if it was the most state of the art school on the planet - if their students have to wear unis like that! wether its true or not does not matter - its the image that is put forth.

the additional benefit is the scrub style uniforms are pretty affordable. the drawback is that if they are too big or don't have some fitting they can appear sloppy.

maybe your school would be willing to go to ciel blue pants and a white top or something in lieu of the blue pinfeather stripes.

i have to agree with you 100%

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Specializes in Urgent Care.

We get to wear white pants, but whatever scrub top we want within reason. No caricatures or writing or anything. Plain and simple but colored and whatnot.

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I can't believe those are REAL uniforms that REAL students wear RIGHT NOW. We get to wear hunter green Barco scrub tops with white scrub pants (any style) or a white skirt. (Who would wear a skirt with a scrub top though?) I thought we were bad...dark green looks bad on almost everyone! I'll thank myself every day for picking the right school. :chuckle

chrissy

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Specializes in ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP.

Thank goodness they don't make all students across the country wear a stock "student" uniform. You know - like all prisoners wear bright orange...so what color WOULD all students wear if all students had to wear one color? Starting to sound like a wood chuck chuckin wood!

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okay, i found what my students (and i, as a student) wear. sorry guys, i think we have you beat in the hideous department.

http://www.nursingschooluniforms.com/category.php?id=27&

fortunately (or not?), they get to wear white pants. they actually call that thing a bib!!!

lol that is so funny that you found that ugly uniform. that is exactly the one i am tortured with wearing every saturday as i go to clinical. but its only a few more weeks for me and then i can burn it lol :rotfl:

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Specializes in Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP.

We have these ugly white pants with pleating around the waist, elastic waist and this extra fabric down the front of the leg to make it look more "pressed" look, white polo shirts and duster length lab coats. We had to put the college patches on our shirts and lab coats ourselves. and the pants and shirts are more see-through than we'd like them to be. However, with the current fall class, they've adopted a new uniform of hunter green cargo pants and this white short sleeved, button down smock. It's ugly.

However, we've been told that we can go to the new green pants if we'd like to and I did buy a pair, but none of my other clinical-mates have gotten them and I don't want to be the lone weirdo, lol.

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A little pricey on a nursing school budget but Aviator Scrubs are WONDERFUL. They have a shop in California and they sell online. Great pockets to hold everything and the material is very heavy. They do come in white and they do custom sizing if you need it.

Our nursing school uses these (In Wine color) and after I tried them out I bought me a couple sets for work.

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Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THREADS EVER!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! The bib thing killed me! :rotfl:

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