skirts to work

ChasingRain · Apr 28, 2010

There shouldn't be any reason why you are treated differently for wearing a skirt. Of course, everyone has their opinion on why you should or shouldn't wear them, but I think that even those who posted negatively about skirts probably wouldn't treat you "bad" or any different if you do wear them.

PPl are going to judge others regardless. Even things as simple as, should you wear makeup to work or shouldn't you, and if you do wear makeup as a nurse what kind of attention are you seeking by wearing it etc, etc...The list goes on and on.

Bottom line: if you want to wear a skirt, or if you feel the need to wear a skirt(religious reasons or other) then wear it regardless of what ppl may/maynot say. If there is someone who talks about you for wearing them then they probably would have talked about you anyway(along with everyone else for every reason under the sun).

Personally, I could care less what a nurse is wearing as long as he/she does their job well :nurse:

eternalbride · Apr 28, 2010

Hey, I have been a nurse for 23 years and I only wear skirts, and I wear them with my white support stockings (hence the name). I order my skirts from a site online, they are neither too long or too short. I can purchase them in any color and I have several styles that I can choose from. I have worked in a variety of settings over the years and have not encountered any problems by wearing skirts. It's no big deal, and it's my personal choice, and I am not bothered by the vast majority of nurses that only wear pants.

what website is that?

mustlovepoodles, RN · Apr 28, 2010

Oh for heaven's sakes, of course you can wear skirts to work. We did it for many many years and I don't remember nurses ever exposing themselves. I have done CPR many times wearing a skirt and support hose. I even delivered a baby in the back seat of a car dressed in full RN regalia, right down to the cap. :nurse:

I say, if you wanna wear a skirt, go ahead. If you'd rather wear pants, go ahead. I've been felt up while wearing both skirts and pants. Perverts don't care. They know no boundaries anyway.

WhiteStockings · May 1, 2010

High Design Uniforms is where I mainly get my skirts from.

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · May 1, 2010

I love skirts and hats in my personal life, but scrub skirts? Ew. Anything with an elastic waist is... *shudder* And scrubs hardly show off one's assets. If you've "got it," it doesn't matter whether you're wearing a skirt or scrub bottoms, guys'll notice

I'm 56 years old and in pretty good shape but anything I had got up and left.

The point of a uniform isn't to be sexually attractive. It's to be appropriately dressed for one's function.

BTW, I ordered a cap. Gonna wear it next week, with skirts and hose, for nurse's week.

bagladyrn, RN · May 1, 2010

for one thing skirts leaves little for ones imagination, skirts don't show the form of your butt or legs.
I'll keep in mind to put leggings under my skirts. I've done this in other ocassions.
By the way, have people actually experienced or witness a patient putting their hand/camera under the skirt?!
if that happened to me, only God knows what I would do!

Yep - had the hand thing happen on more than one occasion when working with old male psych pts. back in the days when a skirt/dress was the norm including one old guy who liked to reach out and flip your skirt up if you got too close. I also had the experience of doing a "takedown" on a pt. while wearing a skirt and had to maintain my hold until multiple male staff came running in - made me glad I was wearing tights! :eek:

When buying uniform skirts I'd suggest trying them on and then assuming every possible contortion you may have to do on the job - reach way up, bend way over, squat down and reach as if reaching under a bed, try to visualize climbing up on the bed (have had to do that a few times in OB) etc. just to make sure of what the skirt does when you do these things.

DoGoodThenGo · May 1, 2010

I'm 56 years old and in pretty good shape but anything I had got up and left.
The point of a uniform isn't to be sexually attractive. It's to be appropriately dressed for one's function.
BTW, I ordered a cap. Gonna wear it next week, with skirts and hose, for nurse's week.

This I gotta see! Snaps please! :D

**new** · May 2, 2010

Skirts to work as a nurse? Puh-leeze. Make sure to just throw away any and all advancement women have made away at the main entrance when you decide to walk into work in a skirt.

Puh-leeze.

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · May 2, 2010

Skirts to work as a nurse? Puh-leeze. Make sure to just throw away any and all advancement women have made away at the main entrance when you decide to walk into work in a skirt.
Puh-leeze.

How, precisely, does wearing a skirt set women back?

tmangulo · May 2, 2010

There is the hardest working CNA who mentored me that has always worn a skirt. I thought it was strange at first with all the bending and lifting we do, but it works for her. I say whatever makes you more efficient and comfortable while still being semi stylish is a good thing...

Fiona59 · May 2, 2010

Skirts to work as a nurse? Puh-leeze. Make sure to just throw away any and all advancement women have made away at the main entrance when you decide to walk into work in a skirt.
Puh-leeze.

You do realize that the suffragette wore skirts?

llg, PhD, RN · May 2, 2010

Skirts to work as a nurse? Puh-leeze. Make sure to just throw away any and all advancement women have made away at the main entrance when you decide to walk into work in a skirt.
Puh-leeze.

A generation has grown up without ever wearing skirts -- and I find that many younger women don't know how to wear them. But really, women accustomed to wearing them know HOW to wear them without showing more than desired -- just like we/they did in the olden days. We were respected then and the women I know now who wear them to work are respected now.

It's simply incorrect to assume that a women in a skirt cannot be respected and/or can't function quite well in most jobs.