showing cleavage at clinical

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we just finished our psych rotation. We were asked not to wear uniforms, but instead to dress in "street clothes" with a professional appearance. More than once, 1 or 2 female students showed up to the mental hospital with cleavage showing...

what is your **professional** opinion on that?

as another male.. its just trashy, you dont look sexy, you look like XX.

thats like a chic wearing a bathing suit to a toxic clean-up site. just doesent make sence

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When we did our clinical rotations we were checked before even entering the facility and if anything in appropriate was worn we were sent home or to the nearest store to get something else to wear. In the class room we were even checked and if any skin was showing that should not have been we were sent home to change. There was not short shorts or skirts, no cleavage, and no bare midsection.

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Do they have very large breasts were their cleavage line starts high up on their chests?

I don't care how big their chest is. You can always cover your cleavage if you want to.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

Hospital policy states "attire for staff and students should cover the wearer appropriately" and then goes into detail about no undergarments hanging out, and no low-cut shirts.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
I swear, I don't know what it is about dressing appropriately that's so tough to understand.

I don't either. I remember the days when underwear used to be under the clothes.

Whatever happened to leaving something for the imagination? :rolleyes:

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I agree, it has nothing to do with being young! I am 18 and would never think of dressing like that to a clinical! I wouldn't know this because I am a pre-nursing student, but don't they go over dress codes in clinicals? If so, there is no excuses. I mean if you want to wear fashionable clothes out, go for it! I have to admit I don't dress completely "professional" all the time (who does?!), but when I go to work/classes (I am a pre-nursing student so no clinicals yet for me!) I wouldn't think of dressing unprofessional..

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I guess it is appropriate attire if you are looking to "hook up" with an alcoholic, HIV+, bipolar guy whose last known address was the psych ward. Hey, who am I to judge, everyone needs love!

Okay.... it would be totally inappropriate to say that out loud, but admittedly, I just about fell outta my seat laughing! :roll :roll :roll :roll

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How do you define "cleavage"? You know, there are also different types of cleavage, too. Would they succumb to the pen test, or do their shirts just not cover enough?

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