as the title says, this is kind of odd for me to ask...
anyways I'll cut to the chase:
I'm a CNA student and I read somewhere in the book that part of daily hygiene involves changing underwear every day.
Thing is, I'm a guy who prefers to go commando. I have been for quite a long time, in fact, I don't like wearing boxers, briefs, or even boxer-briefs.
My question is, is it necessary to wear some form of underwear when working in the nursing field?
Whether odd or not, I'm sure your question deserves a genuine answer. In my opinion, do whatever you prefer, but hygienically speaking, you probably should wear some form of underwear. Personally, I wouldn't put myself in a position that could turn out to be really embarrassing. There's a doctor who practices in our facility that goes "commando"... not that the other nurses and I purposely look, it's just very obvious when he walks down the hall in his scrubs.
Okay, back to the original question: My question is, is it necessary to wear some form of underwear when working in the nursing field?
When I was in school (the 1st time for my LVN - 12 yrs. ago) the uniform was white and the teachers required us to go through "panty-checks" which were random. They'd ask us to bend over and check us out for "proper undergarment attire."
Any of you ever have to do this?
Wow the panty police. In this day and age of lawsuits that would be instructor career suicide I would think. Its not like if someone was wearing colored underwear they couldnt tell without making you bend over.
There are several girls in my class that wear thongs to class but not clinicals I dont think. However where I work one of the unit managers wears thongs to work.
For the original question just wear loose boxers you wont notice much difference and you wont have a yellow circle on the front of your white scrubs. Running down the hall for a code blue with no underwear ........that just sounds painful.
Also, keep in mind that most sinks in hospital are at waist level or below depending on how tall you are. An incident of splashing could wind up leaving very little to the imagination. It's disrespectful to your colleagues and patients to put them in that awkward position of seeing you let it all hang out. As for undergarment requirements, I guess it's up to the individual facility. I think most go under the assumption that you will wear underwear and do not realize that they need to address those who like to "go commando." My .
Specializes in home & public health, med-surg, hospice.
Let me begin by saying this is not in referrence to the OP, in particular. I just have some questions.....
Something I was thinking of... There's been alot of mention of yellow stains. Have any of you ever had to do men's laundry??? What about the fecal forget-me-not stains?????
Where do those go if you're not wearin' underwear ?
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Whether odd or not, I'm sure your question deserves a genuine answer. In my opinion, do whatever you prefer, but hygienically speaking, you probably should wear some form of underwear. Personally, I wouldn't put myself in a position that could turn out to be really embarrassing. There's a doctor who practices in our facility that goes "commando"... not that the other nurses and I purposely look, it's just very obvious when he walks down the hall in his scrubs.