Ok, I know I am probably not the majority, from how I've seen too many disheveled looking, just starting the shift people, but I iron my scrub tops and bottoms.
My mother-in-law thought she'd help out one night while babysitting and she ironed my laundry basket of "to be ironed clothes". I was appreciative as I hadn't ironed in a while since I have an insane amount of scrub tops and bottoms. Anyway, I put on a pair the other day, went to work and got teased beyond belief. I didn't realize it but my mother-in-law put a front crease in my scrubs..it acutally made the scrubs fall nicer and it had a nice, freshly ironed look. I normally don't crease them, I just iron them to get all the wrinkles out (I despise seeing even the littlest of wrinkles, one of my mom's OCD obessions that I seemed to have inherited). I recall a few classmates who always had a front crease in their scrub bottoms, but I never did it myself.
Maybe I'm just anal...but for example, I bought two sets of the Katherine Heigl scrubs.
I took them out of the dryer and the fabric "puffed up"...I dry everything on low and I do use fabric softener.
If you ever get some extra time and want to know if your clothes or scrubs look good or if you THINK they do....put some starch on half of the garment and iron that half it.
Then...hold it up.
Then ask yourself....which side looks better...alot better.
i am as anal as the rest, i iron and crease. i just call it personal and professional pride. i don't knock those who don't, i just feel like i am more professional when i look professional too. it is just a self respect thing for me.
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I iron mine-
No creases, but I feel so prepared the evening before work I iron my scrubs and get my lunch ready...
Any hints though I use starch and it seems that if I bend over or sit down more wrinkles happen! I use the faultless starch and it is not supposed to do that...what am I doing wrong?
No creases, but I feel so prepared the evening before work I iron my scrubs and get my lunch ready...
Any hints though I use starch and it seems that if I bend over or sit down more wrinkles happen! I use the faultless starch and it is not supposed to do that...what am I doing wrong?
Are your scrubs a cotton/poly blend? Pur cotton wrinkles horrible.
Iron when i feel like it, but crease i think not. When i used to have professional uniforms, I placed a crease on the sleeves, bilat chest from MCL down, and then in the pants. I love the look of a professional uniform and admire the EMTs when they come in for transfers becauses of how they look.
NOOO i never iron them. I just pull them out of the dryer..and I don't put creases in ANYTHING i own. if it needs to look *that* fancy, it goes to the drycleaner!
I figure there is no use in trying to make a pair of PJs look too nice. As long as they are clean and not wrinkled, i'm good.
I ALWAYS iron my scrubs. You look more presentable and professional with a clean and freshly pressed pair of scrubs!!,but definitely leave the creases out :)
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Maybe I'm just anal...but for example, I bought two sets of the Katherine Heigl scrubs.
I took them out of the dryer and the fabric "puffed up"...I dry everything on low and I do use fabric softener.
If you ever get some extra time and want to know if your clothes or scrubs look good or if you THINK they do....put some starch on half of the garment and iron that half it.
Then...hold it up.
Then ask yourself....which side looks better...alot better.
They also carry better throughout the day.