Proper undergarments under WHITE PANTS

[Purple Lady]

Ladies, why is it ok in anyone's mind to wear colored underwear, bikini underwear, or underwear with writing all over them under your WHITE UNIFORMS!?? Why is that ok I ask over and over...no one thinks that that is a bit unprofessional? Really? if we aren't professional in every way then we aren't professional nurses at all..ladies take pride in yourself wear the proper underwear under your white uniforms..

[Nurse Leigh]

I worked in a place that mandated white underwear under our uniforms. The medical director was very quick to volunteer to be the one checking

oh dear... :)

[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

Our white school uniforms are so unbearably, unreasonably thick that I can wear pretty much anything under them and no one would see, especially since the tops are so long they cover almost past the butt...so, I wear the grey or black Nike Combat Pro compression shorts underneath them. Interestingly, the only person I have ever seen their draws through these uniforms is one guy and it was his white boxers with the light blue window-pane pattern -- every morning... It seems the white ones were the give away somehow...

[AmyRN303, BSN, RN]

Our school had white pants until the semester I started when they changed to navy. I'm thankful for that, as I had an unfortunate occurrence in eighth grade with a pair of white jeans....

Didn't have to deal with whites until pinning....my ROT is always go with nude 'wears. White ones show, and patterns? No.

[Wrench Party]

I dealt with the horror of white uniforms all through nursing school. Alumni said we looked "sharp" and "professional'. No, I did not feel "sharp" when on the floors; I was constantly worried about stains and body fluids on my clothes and shoes (also white). I also dealt with trying to keep my clothes white and pressed while bicycling and using public transportation. I succeeded, but I'm sure I was granted my first gray hairs from that.

Imagine my relief when I learned the facility I work for now allows us to choose our own styles and colors. I promptly went out and bought BLACK shoes and DARK scrub pants!

Most other professions favor dark, classic colors for their employees; I'd like to see nursing trend toward this and away from the 'whites' of yesteryear.

[SHGR, MSN, RN, CNS]

I worked in a place that mandated white underwear under our uniforms. The medical director was very quick to volunteer to be the one checking

White totally shows too though! Has to be flesh-colored. Whatever color your flesh happens to be.

[Purple Lady, BSN, RN]

White totally shows too though! Has to be flesh-colored. Whatever color your flesh happens to be.

White is better than polka dots, happy fourth, happy valentines day, stripes purple orange and etc...and I say this because I know someone who doesn't see anything wrong with wearing sayings on their butt for the patients and everyone to see...ugh!?

[angikat]

Not just white but pink as well. Recently I wore pink scrubs with pink panties (of course lol) which were cotton VS pink with the word pink across the backside. Little did I know that the word pink could be seen through my pants It was pointed out to me by a coworker. How embarrassing! In all my 20 years of nursing this has never happened. I now make certain I wear solid colors and that they match the color of my pants. This will not happen again! I have seen a lot of nurses & nurse aides wear thongs, colors, and designs on a daily basis and can't imagine why they would do it. It certainly isn't professional and I felt horrible when this happened to me by complete accident.

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[Ruby Vee, BSN]

Years ago, I worked with a nurse who had gained quite a bit of weight since she bought her white polyester uniforms. At the same time, the uniforms themselves had become rather worn and thin. Management took her aside and offered the information that the entire hospital could see the print on her underwear, and that perhaps underwear ought not to be seen or noticed.

In what I thought was probably not the result intended, my colleague came to work the next day with the same too-tight white polyester uniforms -- sans underwear. That sight was unappetizing to say the least.

The day after, she was back to wearing her colorful panties with stripes and polka dots.

[Purple Lady, BSN, RN]

Ouch! Thanks for sharing. I wish everyone was walking around with their Eyes Wide Shut...especially women in management because we know the men won't say a thing!!

[Purple Lady, BSN, RN]

Why does it have to be battle!! It's just not proper attire...Why have a dress code if you can't enforce it? Good grief!

[armyicurn]

Undergarments described here are not appropriate in the ICU specially. It can put a male pt on V-Tach on the spot!

All I can say to the ladies would be to think what you are wearing before putting them on. I've seen some things that really really open my eyes :***:

[armyicurn]

I dealt with the horror of white uniforms all through nursing school. Alumni said we looked "sharp" and "professional'. No, I did not feel "sharp" when on the floors; I was constantly worried about stains and body fluids on my clothes and shoes (also white). I also dealt with trying to keep my clothes white and pressed while bicycling and using public transportation. I succeeded, but I'm sure I was granted my first gray hairs from that.

Imagine my relief when I learned the facility I work for now allows us to choose our own styles and colors. I promptly went out and bought BLACK shoes and DARK scrub pants!

Most other professions favor dark, classic colors for their employees; I'd like to see nursing trend toward this and away from the 'whites' of yesteryear.

If it was up to me and I was the Dean of a Nursing School, the first thing is that I would get rid off all that white mandated garbage! Yes, that is how it started and that is how it identifies nursing...maybe? But it is time to move on with times and adopt something more current. Just because the patient says he/she does not know who their nurse is, that does not mean you have to get color segregated! I would rather put a framed picture of myself in the patient's white board and tell them I will be their nurse for the day. At the end of the shift, I take the picture with me until the next time...

White uniforms is so old school.