Hi everyone this is my first time posting. I am a manager on a LDRP unit. new to the hospital and job. I am looking to change things on my unit but I need input to help me out since I have to take the proposal to the board to get it approved, Right now we are LDRP with a level 2 nursery. they nurses are all supposed to wear pink scrubs (their own) or hospital scrubs for the OR. (that is a state requirement in NJ by the way that anyone in the OR wear hospital laundered scrubs)
anyway what I end up with is some nurses wearing pink others wearing blue (the hospital scrubs) the doctors and sturdents and residents all wear the hospital scrubs too. so the end result is a mixture with the patients not knowing who is who.
I would like for us to buy special scrubs for the entire unit. the hospital to wash them and the nurses to come in and change at the hospital. but I would love information from anyone willing to share about what you so at your hospital. I believe this is a security issue to for our babies.
please you can post here or if you want send a private responce. thanks in advace to anyone who has some help for me.
We wear solid scrubs.. no prints allowed. We have hospital issued blue scrubs for the OR. The big discriminator is the badge. Our title is set on a background of a bright pink stripe. This is for any employee of maternal child. We also have a pin on our badge that has baby feet and the name of our hospital. We also have an infant security system. The bright pink stripe seems to be the thing most pts and families notice (and remember).
I wear my own scrubs which I put on at work. If I go to the oR, I wear a cover gown, hat, shoe covers, & mask. I work in PA. Our hospital has scrub clothing available. It looks like it is made of wrinkled paper and is most uncomfortable. I tell people I am their nurse and display my badge. Everyone knows who their nurse is. We don't have too much trouble w/ recognition of staff. The doctors wear scubs too, but they also introduce themselves or are already known to the patients. I guess you work w/ a much larger staff. I agree w/ Suzanne, the days where we all need to be dressed alike are gone.
JoniL&DRN
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We wear solid scrubs.. no prints allowed. We have hospital issued blue scrubs for the OR. The big discriminator is the badge. Our title is set on a background of a bright pink stripe. This is for any employee of maternal child. We also have a pin on our badge that has baby feet and the name of our hospital. We also have an infant security system. The bright pink stripe seems to be the thing most pts and families notice (and remember).