Nurse4892

Thank you everyone for your opinions! I was just curious if this was common and what others thought about it. While I do agree with the company's reasoning behind it, I still believe that nursing staff should have something (different uniform color maybe?) to distinguish them from other staff members.. It would be easier on visitors. But I know the company will not change its policy and I really have no other complaints about my job, so I'd say that's a good thing!

Hi everyone! I am a new Lpn, I have been working for 3 months in a LTC facility. The facility has a strict no scrubs policy. All nursing staff, housekeepers, kitchen, and activities staff must wear matching khakis and a uniform top with the company's name on the front. The reasoning behind this being that everyone must work equally as a team to provide resident care and nobody should feel inferior to another member of the care team. I am asking for your opinions on this.. I think it's ridiculous. I am young, 22 years old, but most people guess I am 17 or 18. Because of this, when resident's families come in looking for the charge nurse (me), they typically mistake me for a nurse's aid or other staff member because of our matching uniforms and because I'm a lot younger than my coworkers and don't "look old enough to be a nurse". I I feel that if nursing could wear scrubs, resident's families or other facilities could easily distinguish us from other staff members. We also are not allowed to have titles on our name tags (lpn, cna, etc) which doesn't make any of this easier. It's just frustrating sometimes when people can't tell I'm a nurse because of my "uniform". Not to mention it's confusing for families who come in looking for a nurse, the only way they know I'm a nurse is if im behind my cart. Opinions please??