Hello everyone! When I first started out working in the hospital, I was a nursing tech in pre-op/post-op for same day surgery and then switched to pedi inpt/ED. There were no limits to the dress code, so I had some fun with it. I'm a kid at heart and so I bought some "cutesy" scrubs, from Bambi to flowers. After NS, I worked in psych nursing. I continued to wear the scrubs that I'd already had from working as a tech and accumulated a bunch more scrubs. Pretty much all of my scrubs are "cutesy", from cartoon characters to butterflies and the like. I've never had a patient complain about my appearance and my scrubs have often served as a conversation starter, "Hey, I used to like XYZ movie or cartoon."
I'm about ready to switch to a role as an RN in a SNF and think my scrubs will be just fine there, but I'm worried about perception of my professionalism from other staff. I feel comfortable with what I'm wearing and don't think the patients will have objections, but I'm nervous that my new colleagues might think I'm "childish" for my scrub choices. Am I just being silly and paranoid?