Mandated scrub colors

[FLOBRN]

Sigh...so my hospital is joining the sheep and going to mandated scrub colors. They are saying they do not have to provide any scrubs free of charge even though it is a requirement.

Have you been through this? How did it go???

Thanks

[greenfiremajick]

Yes--and everyone adjusted. I was a little tired of looking at hoochie mama scrubs. VERY unprofessional. Goes along with the gum-smacking image, ya know?

OK, I HAVE to ask.....What are "hoochie mama scrubs?"

[RPN_2012]

Originally Posted by SandraCVRN

red for housekeeping

bright red? Poor people!

The worse thing, is the first impression I got from them was prisioner jumpsuits.

:rotfl: I wonder if any hospital makes their staff wear orange scrubs, that would be funny, if everyone was in orange! Very "prisony"!

[Bella'sMyBaby]

OMG!!!

I feel for you!

Yes, the Staff Nurses wear Lavender---Guess they didn't think of how Becoming Lavender would look on their MALE NURSES!!! The facility is letting the Male Nurses wear other colors (Thank God).

The Dementia Unit Nurses wear Bright Red (ANGER RED). I guess I thought the Dementia Unit would go with a "Calming Color."

And since I work in the MDS Department, I get to wear Regular Street Clothes!

:):):)

[mammac5]

One poster commented that the docs work with us everyday and should know who we are (paraphrasing here) but that's not true everywhere. I'm a nursing student and when I have clinicals at a large university teaching hospital, we may not see the same doc/residents twice in a row. It might be handy for them them if they could identify an RN by his/her clothing rather than going around and looking at people's chests to see if they can read the badge.

Just thinking...

[RPN_2012]

Yes, the Staff Nurses wear Lavender---Guess they didn't think of how Becoming Lavender would look on their MALE NURSES!!! The facility is letting the Male Nurses wear other colors (Thank God).

The Dementia Unit Nurses wear Bright Red (ANGER RED). I guess I thought the Dementia Unit would go with a "Calming Color."

And since I work in the MDS Department, I get to wear Regular Street Clothes!

:):):)

Red?!? that is seriously wrong... what is up with management?

Lucky you I guess, you don't have to be "pretty in lavender" ick!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

one poster commented that the docs work with us everyday and should know who we are (paraphrasing here) but that's not true everywhere. i'm a nursing student and when i have clinicals at a large university teaching hospital, we may not see the same doc/residents twice in a row. it might be handy for them them if they could identify an rn by his/her clothing rather than going around and looking at people's chests to see if they can read the badge.

just thinking...

i've been working in large university teaching hospitals for over 30 years. trust me when i say that our residents know who we are. you're a nursing student and the residents/fellows/attendings probably don't know who you are; but once you get a job and start working with them regularly, they'll know. (or if they don't, they should.) i've never worked anywhere (and i've worked a lot of places) where the doctors didn't get to know the nursing staff!

[wizzerrn]

My concern is not mandated colors, I actually think it is a good plan. I do not believe it is okay for an employer to mandate where I buy scrubs unless they are paying 4 them.

[fiveofpeep]

My concern is not mandated colors, I actually think it is a good plan. I do not believe it is okay for an employer to mandate where I buy scrubs unless they are paying 4 them.

I agree. We are converting during nurse's week to mandated colors and Im more bitter that they chose overpriced, unpockety, uncomfortable scrubs to purchase from. lame!

[Chewie_123]

White or navy blue for RNs

Light blue for CNAs/PCTs

Green for Techs/other support staff

Black/tan for housekeeping

Its really not bad, except they also make us wear big plastic magnetic badges with our designations on them. Many have been lost...

I've started wearing navy blue canvas type fabric cargo pants and a white polo shirt a shift a week.

[ZooMommyRN, ADN, RN]

right now we're color coded by unit - Psych wears street clothes, Med/Surg is ceil blue, ER-wine/maroon/burgandy (it's all the same to me lol) ICU-teal, L&D-lavendar, Peds anything cute that kids like. we can wear any combination of our color & white, prints with our color in it etc. in Jan however they want RN's to wear Navy w/no prints *yuck* which is interesting since Radiology in navy so they have effectively found a way to make everyone buy new scrubs, the LPN's will be another color, UC's and CNA's will have their own and so on, which in a large facility I could see working, but the facility I'm at is a satellite of sorts from the "big house" so we only have 4 LPN's on staff period, 1 in ICU, 1 in med surg and then 2 in psych where they don't even wear scrubs

[RNforLongTime]

Where I work now, I can wear any color of scrubs I like. LOVE IT!! But so do the CNA's, Housekeeping and Respiratory staff.

Where I used to work in the cardiac/trauma/surgical ICU we wore hospital provided scrubs. Then the hospital changed it to make all nurses wear either ALL white or white tops and burgundy pants. ALL nursing staff in that hospital now wear those colors...including L&D, PACU, Dialysis. Only OR staff get to wear hospital provided scrubs. When the hospital changed to that policy, they bought us two sets of scrubs and a white scrub jacket.

[MntnGirl]

One poster commented that the docs work with us everyday and should know who we are (paraphrasing here) but that's not true everywhere. I'm a nursing student and when I have clinicals at a large university teaching hospital, we may not see the same doc/residents twice in a row. "

Maybe this is true for nursing students who are limited in their time spent in the hospital setting but in the hospital i work at the doctors become familiar with the nursing staff. I think it's just a natural consequence of being around the same people day in and day out.