Pet Peeve

[BunnyBunnyBSNRN]

ok, i know this sounds really dumb, but it's a pet peeve and it's been driving me crazy all day. this morning a teacher looked at me and said "oh, what a cute smock!" i hate that word! smock! what a stupid word!!!! it just gives me visions of a daycare teacher wearing one of those pull over the head with ties on the side craft aprons. i think i'll wear jeans tomorrow.

[bergren]

New Hampshire school board passes dress code for teachers

Manchester school committee has voted to enact a dress code for teachers that bans jeans, shorts, flip-flops and some sneakers... bans 15 clothing items, including some T-shirts, Spandex and short skirts.

New Hampshire school board passes dress code for teachers

[LACA, BSN, LPN, RN]

It's "casual" Friday here and I'm wearing a tshirt, blue jean capris, and sandals...we are having our game day this afternoon and the staff who are playing are wearing shorts and t-shirts (I'm playing volleyball). I vary between scrubs and regular clothes. I see no difference in the level of respect I recieve based on my clothing. The kids know who I am and they respect me either way. The same goes for the staff.

[Allie911]

I never thought it was a possibility to wear scrubs, crazy as that sounds. We do not have a dress code at my school district, but I try to dress up a bit. Scrubs would be so much cheaper and more comfy. I might have to try that next year!! )

[fantasia2400]

Hi there..just my 2 cents..

We are allowed to wear anything we want as long as it isn't jeans. I am cool with that. I like to dress up. I take great pride in being well put together on the job. I do work in a fairly affluent school district so maybe that is another reason why I dress up..but I get a lot of respect from the kids. I do wear a lab coat when I am doing screenings or going to a meeting. The lab coat just singles me out as the nurse. I don't like to wear it in the clinic because I have found that the kids don't open up to me as easily and the young ones appear a little nervous at first. (i work in K-3 and a pre school)

Cheers!

Melissa

[luvmykidz]

I'm seriously considering not wearing scrubs next year since I'll be at the same school all year. I love the convience and comfort of just throwing something on each morning and getting to wear my tennis shoes but I feel so unprofessional and sloppy. I think the kids could care less what I wear and since the cooks wear scrubs I don't stand out as the nurse as much as I thought. Also, I hate shopping in my scrubs so it will be nice to be able to stop somewhere on the way home from work and not feel like everyone is starring at me. I think it's just a personal preference because I know that most teachers I've talked to don't think nurse's look unprofessional for wearing scrubs and almost everyone in general I've talked to said if they could they would wear the scrubs and think I'm crazy for giving them up. I also don't look down on any of the other school nurses in our district that wear them at all and even tried it because I thought they looked fine and it would be comfortable but I just hate the way I personally feel in them.