SeebachRN

You can find some that are better then others, I wore a cotton type verses a cotton blend. It was less see through. I also wore women's tight boxers as an undergarment with pants that are slightly looser then what I would normally wear you couldn't see a thing. I think we are all self conscious about those things, even now wearing a pink or really any color scrub pant and "that time" is always stressful. Scrubs are very thin and if you do happen to have a problem everyone will understand. I agree with SCNURSE2010, wear a tampon and thin pad if possible. If not possible I would just make sure your aware that time of the month. Men must have invented the white pant rule. Trust me though a week into the clinicals you won't even be thinking about it. Your going to be so busy with other stuff your gonna forget or at least not think of it as much.

Personally I believe any of the (small/short) or most of the JR/Petite's should fit you. For women with minimal curves make some. Get shirts that form fit or have back ties. Makes you look curvy even when its not natural. As for Tee's it depends on where you work. In our hospital units must be in scrubs while ER can wear tee's. Not fair I know and I hear it all the time but we have two different DON's one for floors and one for ER. Our ER DON is very libral and open to anything you want to do/wear as long as you look put together and get your work done. She has sent people home for wearing tank tops or spagetti strap shirts. One of our nurses even came in, wearing a tube top with a scrub jacket over it. Mind you the jacket was not buttoned and the tube top showed lots of skin. So I would check with your DON or dress code policy were ever your working. Some hospitals (mine included) won't allow you to wear long sleeves under your scrubs either, our Floor DON says it leads to bacteria transfer from patient to patient.

hey everyone, i was wondering about scrubs and how you wash them. i will post my questions, then answer them as well. 1. does everyone separates their scrubs by colors just like you do with normal clothing?? i did separate everything by color, maybe not anymore though. a. ever use those color catcher sheets? just bought my first box, just haven't tried them yet. 2. do you wash your scrubs with your regular clothing? never, one i didn't want to wear out my scrubs by washing with jeans or heavier clothing. and two, i just think its weird to wash work clothes with normal clothes. 3. do you always use bleach or color safe bleach? always, on everything!! if its white it gets the clorox gentle care, and if its colored it gets the clorox2. love that stuff, just in case i want to be able to always make sure i am germ free. 4. do you use special soap or just your regular standard soap? regular he soap for my machine. i believe its tide active w/ fabreeze love the smell. 5. what do you use to get rid of our normal stains? (ie. blood, vomit, urine, stool, or anything else you may get on you) i spot treat before i wash them right after i take them off with spray & wash or oxyclean, but am looking for something that might work better, as it doesn't always work well. any ideas???? the reason i bring up this topic is because the other day at work we were discussing this. i was complaining about how long i did laundry on my days off, it was basically all i did. one of my co-workers asked me why it takes so long. i explained that i have myself, my husband, and my father-in-law to do laundry for. she was still very puzzled by the time it took to complete. she explained she can do laundry from one week of her, her husband, and three kids in one afternoon. i was astonished and asked how she did that along with the two other employees sitting at the station. she explained she throws as much in the machine as will fit and walks away. still not understanding as i do the same thing she explained she doesn't take the time to sort through the clothes they just go in. she does all hers first, then her husbands, then each of her kids, so she does five loads total. that is it!!! she said each person folds/hangs/and puts away their own cloths so she doesn't waste time there either. i asked her how her scrubs/clothes always come out so clean with no fading she told me about a color catcher sheet she uses. she says she throws them all in and a sheet and she never has strange colored clothes. she even throws reds in with whites!!! so after work i went and bought a box at target, but haven't tried them yet. cannot wait to though!!!!

I wear them home, and kick them off either by the front door, or in the garage. Not specifically because of anything other then I dont like to wear shoes around my house. If they are really nasty sometimes I will clean them off or wipe them down but nothing special. I believe all shoes carry in gross things, I mean men in Vegas spit all over the sidewalks, and alcohol or puke when wasted. I think I am safer with my work shoes then I am with my heels.

At my company we allow our floor staff to wear a simple ring (no raised stones), watch of course, and necklaces as long as they dont fall more then two inches from the neck when bending over a patient. As for earrings most all are fine, as long as they are not getting in the way of your work. I have seen a woman who had a simple maybe 1" hoop earring ripped out of her ear as she was helping a patient from the wheelchair to their bed. It was not a pretty sight, and didn't look good after it was done.

I too love the Zebra Kendo retractable pens, but when they took away the ballpoint version I was sad for weeks. I decided that I couldn't take it anymore, so I went and bought the Zebra ballpoint refills and made the Kendo a ballpoint again. It's so worth it, as it feels like my pen glove is back on.

When I was doing interviews we would ask similar scenarios. We had an interview board which consisted of a ER nurse, a HR representative, and a nurse from the floor we were hiring for. The scenario's usually were based off of the department we would hire for so knowing what department your going into this interview for would be helpful. Some generic questions off of our list included: 1. If you received a phone order for "drug A" but you received "drug B" from pharmacy, you are in a hurry and give the medication and realize shortly after that you gave the wrong medication. How would you handle this? Most of our questions related to you messing up, and how you would handle it. Some were as simple as you have an irate patient who cannot stand you and complains they want a different nurse. How would you handle this? Mainly since we hired new grads or RN's newer out of school but with some experience. We were not looking for perfect answers we understood that people don't know everything. It was how you handled it that we really looked for. The best answer I ever heard was, "I don't know how to handle that situation by myself. I would ask a more experienced nurse, or my charge nurse for the proper steps to follow the companies protocol." Weather that is what they would really do, no one knows, but it was the answer that got this grad hired direct into a NICU position. Advice, be calm cool and collected. You are a new grad they know that already but have confidence in yourself. You may not know everything, and we can all pretty much guarantee that you don't but if you know where to find the answers your going to be a top notch nurse.

I have two answers. I think in the beginning hearing less sounds is better, because your going to be learning the basics and it can get confusing so usually a cheaper scope is better. However towards the end of your schooling/clinical's your usually learning more difficult sounds. Minor changes to sounds, and having a cheap stethoscope you'll either be borrowing someone else's or your going to be suffering to hear or not able to hear what your looking for. Personally I would buy the Litt Cardiology III, but then go to a scrub store and buy a cheap $15-25 scope. Then you have both. The Littmann will last forever if it doesn't grow feet (which happens all too often). Then the 15$ you'll spend on a cheap scope you'll use for about a year will be worth it. You have to learn both those the easy original sounds then be able to distinguish the strange noises your going to learn and often run across in practice.

I love my Nursemates Ultimate Nursing Bag!!! I have it in several different colors and patterns. I change it out if I have a bad mess, or a spill and need to clean one. I also change them based of season. I have a really pretty beachy one that is multi-colored. It has ton's of pockets, and dividers, different zippered pouches, and has enough room to carry EVERYTHING I could possibly think of carrying. They are reasonable I get them for $30 - $40 depending on store. I can get them locally or buy them online as well. Best part, it has room for extra scrubs, lunch, shoes, files, BP Cuff, Steth, and everything else but if it gets nasty or a spill happens you can just throw it in the washer and let it air dry!!!

Littmann used to be its own company, started by Eric Littmann. It was sold several years ago and 3M bought the brand. So it was not originally 3M, but since they bought it all Littmann products are made by 3M. Hope that clarifies.

Some Littmans can be replica's, however if you buy from a reputable site or store they usually are not. I buy the Littmann Cardiology III's from "medisave.net" and they are real, as well as cheap. I buy mine from 120-170 depending on the length, color, and bezel type. I have the all black bezel, as well as the gold bezel so they do change in price a bit. I have bought 4 Littmanns from them and love each one. Quick on shipping, very reasonable pricing, and best customer service I have ever had to use. One time they sent me the wrong color, and normally I wouldn't have complained but it was a gift purchase. I called their customer service dept. and they sent me out the new color and told me to keep the mistake shipment. I will continue to buy from them as long as they are around. They sell a lot of other equipment as well. Hope this helped.

Most of the schools now-a-days have classroom classes, or "Lectures", then you are required to take a lab in the same class. Like Pediatric Nursing Lecture, then you also have Pediatric Nursing Lab, then you also have a clinical setting which for the local school is two days a week 8 hour shift. So in nursing school your taking three of the same topic classes but each teaches you something different aspect of the topic.

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I personally love their cargo pants as well, and what originally got me to buy their scrubs was the pen pockets on the sleeves. It just made sense. I buy mine at dickies direct. Just Dickies.com - Quality Workwear Since 1922, and in NV they have a dickies store so its easy but their website has their cargo pant for $14.99, which is just as good as I found anywhere else. Hope this helped. :) When I go to Dickies.com; I just do a search for scrubs and they come up with all sorts of things.

I work in ED, and I can say that I did go straight from nursing school however I was a paramedic for several years prior. My suggestion to you is to go in with your head held high, and with the knowledge that you know very little. The nurses should respect that and try to help you out as much as possible. I know personally ED is where my heart is and always will be. I cannot imagine working anywhere else, but if you were coming on to my floor I would understand your a new grad and try to help as much as I could. We don't hire new grads anymore since last year, due to one sole incident. However I miss being able to learn from new nurses and able to pass down the tricks/tip/and nifty knowledge to them as well. Now all we have been hiring are annoying know it all nurses that think they have worked in the biggest and the baddest ED in the world and you just transfered down from med/surg and know nothing about a MVA, or true trauma's. OK rant over. Good luck and if you need anything you always have this board which I only recently found and have fallen in love with. Something a fellow nurse tip'ed me off to.