NP attire

sauce · Nov 5, 2015

lol i don't think there is state specific attire for np students. just wear a short white coat if you really want to wear a coat.

sadiemae1123 · Nov 5, 2015

If you're a student, your school probably has a policy about appropriate attire for clinicals and the classroom.

twozer0, NP · Nov 5, 2015

I never got the whole coat thing. Even if I was an MD I would never wear one. They make me too hot and look stupid to boot. I mean I know its part of the uniform I guess, but thank god its optional.

Whispera, MSN, RN · Nov 5, 2015

just be sure you have pockets!

allnurses Guide · Nov 6, 2015

I hate the white coat. It's just another layer that this woman of a certain age (who is already hot enough!) doesn't need, and I don't think they ever look clean. I stick to business casual, with the emphasis on casual.

Trauma Columnist · Nov 6, 2015

I wear black scrub pants (with many pockets) and a short sleeve tshirt in the summer and long sleeve tshirt in winter and the blue seersucker (long) lab coat with my name on one side and the practice name on the other.

cayenne06, MSN, CNM · Nov 6, 2015

Our school required us to buy a lab coat for clinicals, but in practice we just did not wear them. We wore office casual in the clinic and hospital-issue scrubs in the hospital. As a practicing CNM in an outpatient clinic, I wear office casual and do not wear a lab coat, but I want to buy a good one for the pockets. I am the worst about leaving my supplies all over the place. Some of my colleagues wear scrubs to work, but the vast majority of us wear street clothes unless we are in the surgical clinic. The MAs and LPNs/RNs all wear scrubs, so I think wearing street clothes helps the patients know who is the actual clinician.

WIBound · Nov 7, 2015

My school outlines that we are to wear business attire, lab coat and the school name badge at all times. However, my preceptors basically said to wear whatever which for me has been scrubs sometimes with or without the lab coat. I am always introduced as the student and always let them know my role.

My issue as a student is that it is added time and expense to maintain business attire and I would rather that money and time be placed elsewhere. When I graduate I will follow whatever rules my employer places on me. Still think the lab coat makes one look like a tool!!

PG2018 · Nov 9, 2015

I feel like lab coats are for people that work in a lab.

nursetim, NP · Nov 17, 2015

I wear trousers, shirt and tie. Mostly folks appreciate the effort and more importantly, I feel more professional.

allennp · Nov 19, 2015

generally speaking in academic centers, short coats are for students whether you are a pharmacy, medical or NP student. Wearing a tie shows respect for the patient and institution.

Long coats are for licensed folks, never seen any real rules. Though I have a coat rack of them I wear them only occasionally.

My chief tells all the interns and residents that they are expected to wear them as they are "doctors" and need to look the part and helps the patients tell who their "doctor" is. I am bemused by the "doctor" bit, but do agree with helping the patient identify roles. I am gray with a goatee and bad humor, so once my patients meet me they always know who I am. I do not like wearing coats, but they do allow me to carry stuff, like stethoscope, small flashlight, pens, my iPhone, and patient lists with my to do lists. I carry a iPad mini sometimes that can access my EMT so if I am in a meeting I can check labs or charts..

When I have students I have them wear scrubs when inpatient with a short white coat.

When in clinic I have them wear nice business casual with short white coat.

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When in my private practice and when I had students I had the wear a short white coat and scrubs.

I have seen a wide range when visiting practices and students in the community here in the Pacific Northwest.

YMMV

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