I am trying to gather some info about the prevalence of scrubs being worn by nursing staff in the emergency department.
We are trying to instigate it in the emergency department I work in, however management don't believe that this is a common form of attire for emerg nurses. What I am trying to do is get an estimate of how many hospitals world wide do this to be able to present it as part of our case for getting scrubs into our emergency department.
Please leave any comments on if you do or don't and any benefits or negative you feel there are, and if anyone knows any good literature sites I would be very grateful.
all of the nurses wear light colored blue scrubs and the doctors wear navy blue scrubs. We have our own change room and are actually not allowed to wear our scrubs out of the department. We are also not allowed to bring them home to wash (infection control). I absolutely love it that way.. it means i never have to do washing!!
There's been a few occasions where I've been contaminated with body fluids and have had to change into a new set of scrubs at work... (the odd occasion i've had to have a full shower!)
im curious. what do you do if you get dirty at work (i.e blood/vomit?) are there spare shirts/stockings around??
I wear an Army uniform in my Army ER ... makes things a bit warm! If we get dirty at work, we can get a set of scrubs from the OR. I also keep an ACU (camouflage) scrub top in my locker, though wearing that all the time is not part of the authorized uniform -- I just keep it for doing SANE cases and/or if I get splashed with anything.
At both of my former (civilian) ERs, we could wear any color scrubs, but just after I left, all nurses went to wearing navy blue scrubs.
Specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.
I have my own issues with scrubs being worn by all and sundry - but yes, personally-bought scrubs are worn in my ED. I'm much happier about that since I found scrub pants with belt loops and a zippered fly. I'd be just as happy wearing a polo shirt and EMS pants, though.
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Current hospital, All RN's in white or navy and white scrubs.
Previous hospital All ER staff in black scrubs
Favorite attire, any scrub bottom, any non offensive top, any type of sweater. But this was 5 years ago.