Our facility is looking to go to white uniforms for RN's because of uniform recognition. Research shows that when test members are shown pictures of people in scrubs, they almost always pick the person in white as the nurse. Currently, we have no restrictions as such; except our ICU's wear blue and OB/OR wears hospital issued. There is a group of us that do NOT WISH to wear all white.
What color do you wear at your facility? I am looking for where you are from, what type of nursing you do, and what the rationale is for what color you wear.
Location: Pittsburgh PA
type of nursing: Progressive Cardiac Care Unit - post ops, step down, telemetry
color of scrubs: maroon
rationale: I wear maroon because that is our floor color :redpinkhe
Thanks in advance for your help. I am attending a focus group committee and would like some data to take that helps our cause.
BAHAHAHA... My hubby is a nurse too! That is a funny thought...
I guess in Marshall Tx there will NEVER be any male L&D nurses either now....
Our Women's Center staff had a choice of ceil blue, teal blue or raspberry scrubs...
the majority of staff voted in the raspberry!
why is this interesting? our four MEN in our NICU will be in pink, our resp Tx for NICU will be in pink, and our physicians will have to change into pink scrubs to do their c/s! Won't this be fun? hehehe
I applied for some jobs in Pittsburgh. The biggest problem I found with white scrubs, aside from the ones mentioned, is that no one makes Steelers scrubs in white.
Sorry, but I refuse to work at a place where I am micro-managed. I have never went into an attorney's office and not been able to pick out who was the attorney and who was the secretary. I think MOST patients are able to know who the nurse is when they wear a huge RN badge and INTRODUCE themselves.
I worked on a floor that attmpted to implement a solid color uniform. The majority of the nurses refused to comply. Management was upset for a few weeks, but gave up quickly when we united. Another floor implemented solid blue uniforms and would write nurses up for not complying. (Except the floor favorites which were somehow allowed to wear whatever they wanted, sloppy looking or not.) I had already put in for a transfer so I complied until I was hired elsewhere.
I once again work where the management realizes there is far more important things than what color the nurse is wearing.
All that being said... Can nurses PLEASE stop wearing those cut off style scrub tops and low rise pants??? Honestly, that is the reason our profession isn't taken seriously.
Oh, and throw out your gum too. We aren't cows.:banghead:
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
does the hospital supply the uniform, or the cleaning of the uniform? if so.... wear what they say to wear.
our hospital doesn't supply uniforms in all depts. ob they supply, and everyone is marroon. or, they get the basic greenish/gray scrubs.
i do agree that different depts should be easily recognized. our hosekeepers wear scrubs, and no one knows who is who
in that case, choose a color or a different uniform and mandate that the housekeepers wear that! i'm a professionsl; i get to choose what to wear to work. the housekeeper is not.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
location: memphis, tn
facility: for profit hospital, approx 600 beds
my floor: medical-surgical icu / cardio-neuro icu
the uniform: all nurses (rn, lpn, apn) that are hospital employees wear a combination of ciel blue (light blue) and white. most people just wear all blue.
the verdict: at this hospital different professions have different color uniforms (rn blue, uap green, food service black bottom/white top, etc). i don't mind because it is easy to dress for work (all scrubs match), and we look more professional since we wear the same colors. in general, though, white stains easily, is hard to clean, and you better be wearing neutral underwear. i'll stick to powder blue, thank ya very much!
it could be argued that wearing the same colors makes you look less, not more professional. if we're a profession, we get to choose what to wear. something like an attorney or a physician perhaps?
in that case, choose a color or a different uniform and mandate that the housekeepers wear that! i'm a professional; i get to choose what to wear to work. the housekeeper is not.
housekeepers aren't professionals? do they work for free?
in case you're wondering, i've been a housekeeper, though not in a hospital.
Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.
I prefer not to wear white and I chew gum (part of the smoking/not smoking behavior). Regardless, I am a nurse and a professional. I prefer to pick out my own clothes but I will comply with "dress codes" if necessary to maintain a good job. It does irk me, however, for employers to require certain clothing and then not assist in the purchase of same. Years ago, if the hospital required the nurses to wear a particular style or color of scub they provided and laundered them. So the ER staff and the OB nursery staff were provided scrubs even though they were not working in the infection control areas (BURNS, NICU, OR, L&D, ETC).
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
housekeepers aren't professionals? do they work for free?
in case you're wondering, i've been a housekeeper, though not in a hospital.
i meant no disrespect to housekeepers -- i worked as one whie i was in nursing school. but as a nurse, i have years of education, a degree and a license. housekeeping does not require any of those. it's a tough, dirty job and someone has to do it, but housekeeping is not a profession in the sense that nursing is.
Our facility is looking to go to white uniforms for RN's because of uniform recognition. Research shows that when test members are shown pictures of people in scrubs, they almost always pick the person in white as the nurse. Currently, we have no restrictions as such; except our ICU's wear blue and OB/OR wears hospital issued. There is a group of us that do NOT WISH to wear all white.
What color do you wear at your facility? I am looking for where you are from, what type of nursing you do, and what the rationale is for what color you wear.
Location: Pittsburgh PA
type of nursing: Progressive Cardiac Care Unit - post ops, step down, telemetry
color of scrubs: maroon
rationale: I wear maroon because that is our floor color :redpinkhe
Thanks in advance for your help. I am attending a focus group committee and would like some data to take that helps our cause.
I don't work in acute care anymore but when I did I always wore white because that was my preference, it was much cleaner and more professional than scrubs with cartoon tops and garish flowers. Also I used to float a lot, so it was practical because every unit had their own colors. I don't know why some nurses go all to pieces about wearing white.
Specializes in Surgery, Tele, OB, Peds,ED-True Float RN.
Our Women's Center staff had a choice of ceil blue, teal blue or raspberry scrubs...
the majority of staff voted in the raspberry!
why is this interesting? our four MEN in our NICU will be in pink, our resp Tx for NICU will be in pink, and our physicians will have to change into pink scrubs to do their c/s! Won't this be fun? hehehe
Haze
It would be fun if this was at my hospital, fun for management that is. Having to deal with my husband if they thought he was going to wear pink. They could tell him a thousand time but it would never happen!
miss81, BSN, RN
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BAHAHAHA... My hubby is a nurse too! That is a funny thought...
I guess in Marshall Tx there will NEVER be any male L&D nurses either now....