Feeling out of place in scrubs

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I would like to hear some views on uniforms. I am a student now, and have to wear all white at clinicals. Maybe I just haven't found the right scrubs yet, but I do not feel comfortable in my scrubs. They are physically comfortable, but I feel funny in them. My previous career always had me wearing dress pants, dress shirt and a tie. So, I have a hard time feeling professional in these scrubs. They seem like I am wearing pajamas. They are all baggy and stuff. Maybe I just need to get used to wearing them. I have been thinking of finding some white casual dress pants. Like dockers or something. That way I will have normal pockets, I can wear a belt, and they will fit me better. With that, I could wear a white short sleeve dress shirt. I am thinking that I would feel more professional, and more like I am at work. Or maybe I could wear a white polo type shirt with the pants. Maybe that would be better. Either way, I would end up having a collor.

I thought I would post this here, and see if anyone else has experienced this feeling. Or maybe I am just a weirdo. Anyway, I would love to hear from other male nurses or students like me about what they wear to work.

-john

Just remember, after a few years in nursing you will not have any trouble wearing scrubs, skirts, or caps. As a matter of fact, your testicles will begin to shrink and you will start growing breasts. Or, you will get the heck out of nursing and get a normal manly job. Either way, good luck.

male nurse currently undergoing sex change operation

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"The Journey Is The Reward"

Specializes in TNCC CEN CPEN CCRN.

Being in Emergency, it's all about conveinence. I found that Dickies cargo scrubs are superb. A real back pocket, 2 side pockets and bilateral cargo pockets bit the bill. The pants are elastic/drawstrings, with a mock fly; they are wash and weak and made of a nice heavy soft cotton with stain release. They are very similar to BDUs, for those of you who have military experience.

Regarding the lie about your testerone dropping after being in nursing, that's an absolute lie. I am still all man... now if you'll excuse me, All My Children is about to start and I can't find my bonbons. :rotfl:

-Craig J.

RN, BSN, ACLS, PALS, TNCC, etc, etc.

Specializes in ER/Trauma.
If you do not believe me, keep checking you testosterone levels as you progress in nursing. They bound to fall sharply. I think it is something in the air... :rotfl:
Or the "company" we keep :p :p

Maybe you don't now, but you will eventually come to appreciate that not having to wear a tie, an ironed shirt, and dress pants to work everyday is not a bad thing :).

Be glad you don't have to wear colors like blood red or some silly print like the ones they tried to force the guys to wear at the hospital where I used to work. At least you get to choose your scrubs. This was not permitted where I went to school. We had to buy the nursing uniforms from the college bookstore so that everyone had exactly the same (ugly) color and exactly the same (very uncomfortable) style with the college logo on the scrub top. To top it off, we also had to wear a ridiculous white lab coat with the school of nursing logo over the scrubs. I suppose that outfit looked good to some people, but it was torture to wear because it was designed back when only females were nursing students at this school and you could tell the minute you put it on. First of all the pants were tapered from the waist down, which looks great on the ladies (but only on the ladies), and the crotch was also way too short for a guy. We tried hard to get the dean to agree to a new uniform but she wouldn't hear of it.

For the poster who had the issue with the underwear under thin, see-thru scrub pants, unless you want people to see your 'cheeks' going left, right, left---shorts are better than briefs (as long as you stick with solids instead of prints); for the poster with the flimsy pants fabric, try ironing them with spray starch; for the poster without pockets in the pants, get a nursing fanny pack to stash your stuff. Hemostats, scissors, and all that other bulky stuff that we walk around with eventually make holes in our pockets anyway.

Hello, I am a male and have been working as a RN for several years. I am currently on active duty with the US Air Force. We sometimes wear scrubs, but most of the time we wear BDU (Battle Dress Uniforms), they have lots of pocket and the cargo pockets make an exceptional storage area for medical equipment needed on the run. I have worked primarily in ED's and moonlighted as a civilain RN in ED's. I have found over time the best "uniform" are paramedic trousers (they allow you to keep all sorts of medical equipment handy) and a polo shirt with my name embroidered on it. I hope this helps.

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QUOTE=Antelope]I would like to hear some views on uniforms. I am a student now, and have to wear all white at clinicals. Maybe I just haven't found the right scrubs yet, but I do not feel comfortable in my scrubs. They are physically comfortable, but I feel funny in them. My previous career always had me wearing dress pants, dress shirt and a tie. So, I have a hard time feeling professional in these scrubs. They seem like I am wearing pajamas. They are all baggy and stuff. Maybe I just need to get used to wearing them. I have been thinking of finding some white casual dress pants. Like dockers or something. That way I will have normal pockets, I can wear a belt, and they will fit me better. With that, I could wear a white short sleeve dress shirt. I am thinking that I would feel more professional, and more like I am at work. Or maybe I could wear a white polo type shirt with the pants. Maybe that would be better. Either way, I would end up having a collor.

I thought I would post this here, and see if anyone else has experienced this feeling. Or maybe I am just a weirdo. Anyway, I would love to hear from other male nurses or students like me about what they wear to work.

-john

Specializes in ECMO.

jsut buy some dickies with pockets just above the knees and to the side. wearing a fanny pack is just too funny, might as well grow a mullet too!

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

I wear my scrubs most of the time now. In my life I either wear scrubs or golf attire. They didnt like it when I accidentally wore my spiked Golf shoes to work.

Specializes in Trauma/ED.

I would like to start a petition to ban all FANNY PACKS and APRONS...we have a couple female nurses on my floor that wear aprons with a million pockets, one of them has at least a dozen pockets and she carries around IV starting equipment and angiocaths...she's nuts, how hard is it to grab a friggin IV tray...LOL.

I've even heard of but not seen guys wearing fly fishing vests for equipment. I mean come on guys is it really necessary to have THAT many pockets? Don't get me wrong I do wear cargo pockets filled to the brim with essential equipment (scissors, flushes, pens, penlight, alcohol wipes etc)

PLEASE DON'T WEAR A FANNY PACK OR A APRON DUDE I WILL DEFINITELY TEASE YOU...he he

Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.
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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.
I would like to start a petition to ban all FANNY PACKS and APRONS...we have a couple female nurses on my floor that wear aprons with a million pockets, one of them has at least a dozen pockets and she carries around IV starting equipment and angiocaths...she's nuts, how hard is it to grab a friggin IV tray...LOL.

I've even heard of but not seen guys wearing fly fishing vests for equipment. I mean come on guys is it really necessary to have THAT many pockets? Don't get me wrong I do wear cargo pockets filled to the brim with essential equipment (scissors, flushes, pens, penlight, alcohol wipes etc)

PLEASE DON'T WEAR A FANNY PACK OR A APRON DUDE I WILL DEFINITELY TEASE YOU...he he

I second that

Specializes in ECMO.
I second that

arent fanny packs worse than saying you play with barbies?

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