Ironing your Scrubs

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Okay, I just got a job as a CNA, I am a pre-nursing student waiting for my acceptance to the RN program in San Antonio Baptist, and this is my first time really wearing scrubs in a facility other than my CNA clinicals. As I was ironing my scrubs for my orientation next week, an episode of Grey's came to mind where George was talking about how his mother irons his scrubs. And I realized that I may be acting a bit old-fashioned (36, mother of 3) in ironing my scrubs. Are scrubs not supposed to be ironed? I realize we are not interns or whatever, but my scrubs came out of the wash very rumpled, and I hate looking sloppy!

What do y'all do, given that you have the time and wherewithall, iron or not?

-natasha

Specializes in L&D/Maternity nursing.

I dont iron. I fold them right after they are done drying. And if there are a few stray wrinkles, I take a spray bottle and lightly mist them and give them a good shake. Wrinkles gone!

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i don't wear scrubs at my present nursing job, but when i did, i not only ironed, i used lots of spray starch lol

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Okay I realize this is an old thread but I need help on how to iron scrubs. I have a mini Haier washer and no dryer in my tiny house. Therefore I hang dry everything from cloth diapers to my scrubs, the dipes I don't care if there wrinkled but my scrubs need to look nice. I am still a student and start clinicals this week so I'm going to start ironing my scrubs.

However I have never ironed anything ever before. Where do I begin? Do scrubs have to look a certain way or just wrinkle free? Thanks for any tips or tutorials:)

Cheers

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Wow, a thread on ironing scrubs. Let's put it this way: if you want to look professional and neat, iron them. If you want people gossiping behind your back and turning their noses up at you, don't iron them. I'm waiting fot the thread titled "How do I do ANYHTING while texting?" Because it's soooo important that you text your friends every second of the day to them an update about your life. And your "friends" in turn, text others to tell them what idiot "friends" they have.

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Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

Back in my "too poor to own anything" days when I worked fast food, I didn't have a washer OR a dryer in my apartment. I would wash my fast food uniforms in the kitchen sink, then put them on hangers (I had to improvise on how to hang the pants, because I needed the pants to hang straight and be open at the top) and hook the hangers to the handle of a big box fan and turn it on medium or high.

The air would flow through the top of the garments and out the bottom, and they would dry completely wrinkle-free, even though I'd twisted them to wring out the water in the sink. That was 20+ years ago, and I haven't tried it with scrubs, but it might be worth a try?

As for the rant on texting, that seems to be a bit misplaced....:rolleyes:

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I love to iron. I even offered to iron my CNA classmates' scrubs, but no one took my offer seriously :clown: I expect that when I am in nursing school next year, I will happily iron my scrubs (wrinkles or no wrinkles!)

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I don't own an iron, so no, I don't iron my scrubs. :p

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I am still a student and start clinicals this week so I'm going to start ironing my scrubs.

However I have never ironed anything ever before. Where do I begin? Do scrubs have to look a certain way or just wrinkle free? Thanks for any tips or tutorials:)

Cheers

It's not rocket science. If you hang them to dry (and I mean really hang them to dry, as in a clothesline with clothespins system), give them a good shake and then hang them upside down. Pin the legs of the pants and the bottoms of the shirt to the clothesline. The weight of the clothing will pull them straight and wrinkle free. A little breeze helps, so you could place a fan near them if you wish. You should not need to iron them if you hang them properly.

Most scrubs these days do not need an iron to be wrinkle free. If you want to iron them, but do not have an ironing board, lay a tea towel or large clean towel on a table. Iron your scrubs inside out, so that any fuzzies from the towel are not visible on your scrubs. Just lay the scrubs flat and iron. The iron will have a setting for the type of material your scrubs are (100% cotton, 50/50 blend, etc). I think you will find that ironing is not difficult, just give it a try (preferably before your first clinical day) if you insist on ironing your scrubs.

I rarely iron. I hang my scrubs up immediately when they come out of the dryer or off the line (in nice weather, we, too, hang all our clothes out to dry). You should not need to iron to have wrinkle-free clothes if you hang them properly.

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We're required to iron ours but I never do. I just throw them in the dryer with a wet towel and then hang them up.

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Wow, a thread on ironing scrubs. Let's put it this way: if you want to look professional and neat, iron them. If you want people gossiping behind your back and turning their noses up at you, don't iron them. I'm waiting fot the thread titled "How do I do ANYHTING while texting?" Because it's soooo important that you text your friends every second of the day to them an update about your life. And your "friends" in turn, text others to tell them what idiot "friends" they have.

Wow! Judgement much?

I never iron my scrubs (don't own an iron, I just pull them from the dryer right away and they're fine), and I can't imagine that anyone is whispering behind my back or turning up their nose because of it.

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Specializes in ER, progressive care.

I only have problems having my scrubs look wrinkled if I wash a bunch as once (basically cramming the dryer lol)...otherwise they look fine when I take them out and hang them up neatly.

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I always iron my scrubs. I have tried several different methods (taking them out before completly dry, hanging them up, etc). I refuse to do the toss a damp towel in the dryer w/the wrinkled scrubs because to me its a huge waste of electric to run the dryer for 10 minutes when it takes no more than 3 minutes to iron them and its much less electric used.

I'm an "iron the scrubs" kinda girl. I like my scrubs totally smooth and wrinkle free. Just the OCD in me.

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