when to start wearing scrubs

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my nursing classes begin in Jan 2010 and i want to know what semester nursing students begin wearing scrubs?

thanks

Specializes in Post Anesthesia.

The two schools im my area- now and when I attended 25yrs ago, students NEVER wear scrubs. The students are stuck in thier polyester uniforms like scarlet letters until they graduate.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
We wear a royal blue lab coat to pick up our patient assignment (over NICE clothes), and with our scrubs. We have been called "smurfs" by hospital staff. Usually the students just call ourselves 'bluecoats".

Royal Blue would be better LOL ours literally are the smurf color HAHA. The LTC facility we did clincials at was separated by scrub colors, the cleaning crew wore burgundy, the nurses royal blue tops and white bottoms and the CNA's the same colors as ours so a lot of people confused us all the time.

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Specializes in PICU/Pedi.
Royal Blue would be better LOL ours literally are the smurf color HAHA. The LTC facility we did clincials at was separated by scrub colors, the cleaning crew wore burgundy, the nurses royal blue tops and white bottoms and the CNA's the same colors as ours so a lot of people confused us all the time.

It's supposed to be royal, but looks closer to smurf : ).

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Technically, you can wear scrubs anytime you want--it's a free country. Otherwise they would not be selling scrubs at WalMart ;)

Seriously though...the school will tell you when it's time for you to wear scrubs or uniforms to class/clinicals, and exactly what the scrubs/uniform should be. And believe me, NS is very strict on what you can and can't wear and when. So heed what they say.

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Ours was in the 1st semester also as we have LTC clinical. I'd rather have had blue!! We got all white! So not flattering on a full figured woman lol.

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Specializes in L&D/Maternity nursing.

we started wearing them first semester as well. We dont have to wear them to class/lecture (thank GOD), but do have to wear them to clinical and lab

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At my ADN program we attend clinicals the first semester, but not until midterm, which is a good thing because it gives us time become acclimated to nursing program.

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Specializes in PICU/Pedi.
Ours was in the 1st semester also as we have LTC clinical. I'd rather have had blue!! We got all white! So not flattering on a full figured woman lol.

Oh, our scrubs ARE white! The only blue part is our blue lab jacket. I hate it too!

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Our scrubs will be ALL WHITE!! :bugeyes: And we wear them the first semster.

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AFAIK, we wear street clothes to class, and scrubs with lab coats, complete with all our silly patches, to our clinicals which begin about 5 or 6 weeks into our first semester. P.S. our scrubs are all white, including shoes and lab jacket. And the patches make me feel like a girl scout or something, lol. Oh, and I start Jan 2010 too! Good luck!

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

we wore hideous white Landau scrubs in our first semester clinicals, also in 2nd.. Nice maroon ones in the OB portion of 3rd semester.. back to white in 4th. I didn't wear scrubs to class though.

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The first 6 weeks of class, instead of having clinicals we were in the lab at school learning various skills. We had to wear our lab coat there. Then once clinicals started we had to wear our uniform to the hospital.

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