RN Rob

My hospital doesn’t have a uniform requirement, so I wear white most of the time. I wear scrub pants with the cargo pockets for my flushes and alcohol preps and other go-to items, in white, and I have a plain scrub top and also a couple of collared tops, one a zip up and one a button down, also in white. I also iron them so they’re creased and crisp. I also at times wear my pin on the lapel. It started as a personal experiment to see if patients treated me differently based on my uniform, and I noticed they did. Nobody seemed to have any question as to whether or not I’m a nurse. I also like it. To me it appears disciplined and professional. I see it as similar to people who prefer to wear vintage clothing in their every day lives, as part of their self-expression, and there’s many versions of this on Youtube; it’s like a niche interest. I enjoy looking the part of a vintage hospital nurse, it does something for me. So yeah, if there’s no policy dictating a certain color of your uniform, go for it. It’s your practice and your hard work that earned you that position, so wear what expresses your personality.