Scrubs in L&D

U.S.A. California

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Hi all,

I am going to a California hospital this month as a travel L&D nurse. My recruiter told me that I need to supply my own scrubs. Is that true of all hospitals in California? I am from Ohio and we always change into hospital scrubs so that they can be laundered and we don't contaminate anyone outside of the hospital. It is a ODH regulation. Thanks for any response.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I did my L&D student nursing clinical rotations at a Los Angeles-area hospital in September and October of 2005. All of the nurses changed into the hospital-provided scrubs and left them there at the end of the shift to be laundered by the hospital staff. The students also changed into scrubs provided by the hospital.

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Specializes in OB, lactation.

I'm not in CA, but we have the choice to wear our own scrubs or change into the hopital's.

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i am a full-time employee at a CA hospital in L and D. the hospital provides scrubs.....

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Specializes in Perinatal, Education.

It isn't a California thing either way. I am in southern California and know of hospitals that let you wear your own and hospitals that insist that you wear theirs. I have worked one place that did a little of both. That is a bummer for you, though, if you have to go out and buy scrubs! I have always worn hospital ones and started a job last summer where I have to work postpartum for some shifts as well. It was kind of fun to buy my own stuff. I get a little tired of puke green!

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