MorUniversity: the scrubs from hades

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Ugh! I have to vent! My university makes me buy these way overpriced scrubs! They charge $49.00 for a top, $49.00 for bottoms, tax and over $12 to ship! One uniform costs $119!!!!!! I am so outraged!

Not to mention they feel like cardboard so I can't bend over and reach stuff, and I can't wear make-up anymore because I sweat my face off since the material is so thick and non-breathable.

I would give anything to be comfortable in my scrubs. Not to mention be able to afford them. *sigh* Thanks for reading my rant. Tell me when I'm a real nurse I'll be able to buy comfortable scrubs.....

I don't suppose anyone has a discount code they'd like to share?

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Wow! Mine were about $40 total. What brand are yours?

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Lol, I'm right there with you! The day I had to shell out $190 for just two (ugly, all-white, paper thin) tops and two pairs of pants was a dark day indeed. :uhoh3:

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We were charged $274.90 for 2 pair of scrubs!

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Showing my age here- but we wore white, mid-calf dresses with these heinous pinafores that were two flat pieces of fabric which held together with buttons- like French cuffs. Every time you bent over,a button would pop off. We had a bonfire after graduation with those stupid pinafores. Oh, the whole thing was 100% cotton and you had to iron them- :(

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Showing my age here- but we wore white, mid-calf dresses with these heinous pinafores that were two flat pieces of fabric which held together with buttons- like French cuffs. Every time you bent over,a button would pop off. We had a bonfire after graduation with those stupid pinafores. Oh, the whole thing was 100% cotton and you had to iron them- :(

I'm not sure how or why, but our horrid polyester uniforms wrinkle like no one's business. I've never spent so much time ironing in my whole life. I signed on for comfort, not ironing!

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Here's how much I iron in my post-nursing school life. My daughter moved to another state for a job in January. Night before Easter I needed to iron my husband's shirt for church. Only then did I discover she had taken it with her! :)

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Specializes in Going to Peds!.

I don't even own an iron.

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If I didn't like to sew, I know I wouldn't own an iron. I'm happy to iron curtains I'm in the process of making, but I'll wear wrinkly clothes before I will try to iron a women's blouse. No, thanks! Too many curves.

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Last edit by NewYorkerGirl on Aug 11 : Reason: so mad I'm incoherent

Hahaha, I lol'd.

You probably know that washing them several times on the longest cycle followed by liquid fabric softener might help; but I when I had to wear a stiff uniform with necktie I learned that it's more comfortable with a soft cotton undershirt. Hope this helps. Love your edit.

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That is terrible. Maybe as a class you can come together and let the director of nursing know how you feel. At the least maybe they will change the brand of scrubs to one that is worth the price.

Im sorry you have to be uncomfortable. That is a distraction that you surely dont need!

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That is outragous! How can they get away with such a desperate attempt to bring money into the program? I know our class would have been raising some hell about that! Scrubs do not cost that much!!! Call Action 7 news. Students dont have that kind of money! Get the community involved to help raise funds for (?????) Whatever it is they need. What a scam!!!

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