School uniforms.. ugh..

[Scrubz]

So what does everyone wear for clinicals? We have to wear all white uniforms which are ugly and uncomfortable. The fabric is pretty stiff. Our school's colors are maroon and white, so why not wear maroon scrubs with our school's emblem on the front? But no.. White uniforms. They're from Dove, so if anyone else has to wear these you can relate to my agony.

Here's a picture...

Dove Professional Apparel - Medical Nursing Uniforms and Scrubs | Dove Products

I don't know why we just can't wear scrubs. Our dean wants us to look professional, but we look stupid. I just thought I'd wine about it for a while..

Anyone else have any school uniform horror stories?

[AndiG99]

Look on the bright side, at least you know what you'll be wearing lol. At Gateway it's a heavily guarded secret it seems. They told us any color or print scrubs were fine for classes and all white scrubs for clinicals... As soon as we went out and bought them we were told that they never said we could wear scrubs to class. GRR! Hopefully once the next batch of us get seated in the program formally someone will come forward and enlighten us.

[fleur-de-lis, BSN, RN]

I feel grateful for our all purple scrubs, any style, with the school patch on the shoulder. Some clinical sites require the lab coat on top, which is a pain, especially with the Texas heat! Most instructors are pretty laid back about shoes - they just have to be mostly white and walking/running shoes are fine. There was one instructor that was strict about it being all white and even had a problem with the tiny blue heart that are on NurseMates brand shoes! Had lots of people buying new shoes just for her clinical! :angryfire

[rentalnurse, RN]

LOL ours was hideous left over from somewhere,, the female students had to wear all white with a smock that looked like a saddle bag with sm blue and white stripes and belted on the sides,, us guys had to wear white pants and this horrible shirt that was blue and white pinstripes with a belted back and wide flaring collar,, we couldnt burn ours because the were fireretardent.. and of course white shoes for both, i got away with all white tennis shoes.