Student Uniform - My Gosh!

[Meg_student]

The good news – I was accepted into my nursing BSN program for next semester!

The bad news – we have a required white dress which is as thin as cheap drape, and the hem hits 2 inches above my knee when standing. When sitting or bending, it rides up even higher.

The dress code calls for white hosiery – pantyhose or knee-highs. Knee-highs? !!! If this didn’t come from the manufacturer, I would think it could be something for Halloween! Eek!

[ShortStackRN]

YUCK!!! I am SO sorry! And I thought the khaki scrubs that look like female prisoner uniforms at my school were bad...

[yelnikmcwawa]

Yeesh, do they even make that in my size? I'm a dude with a size 34 waist and 6 feet tall, 200lbs :) I didn't think any place in the country still did skirts. I'm so very sorry they are doing this to you. And I thought the white scrubs we have to wear were bad...

Dude, I don't even know you...but I'm picturing a man of your description in that gettup, and I'm laughing my orifice off!!!! Haha! :lghmky:

[OUNURSE]

I really didn't think anyone wore these anymore! So sorry!!

[yelnikmcwawa]

a lady i worked with in NC showed me pictures of her uniform from the late 70's, and hers was by far the ugliest. they had to wear a brown dress with gold colored hose and brown shoes, and her cap looked like a french fry box from mcdonald's.

Oh man...this whole post is cracking me up so much that I'm cryin! A french fry box....bwahahahah!!!!:hhmth:

[esperanzita]

Thats kinda hot.....yet impractical all at the same time. I like how we have the options of what kind of pants we want ( dress slacks, scrubs or trauma/EMT pants ) as long as they are black and our gold scrub tops.

Are you serious--you think that's hot?

[TiddlDwink]

I graduated in 1969, before pants were allowed for females. Our ugly dresses were green striped, but they hit mid calf. Maybe you could get one extra uniform and cut it up to add about 12 inches to the bottom of the others so you can move around.

Also, about 2 years ago, I applied to the county hospital here, and during the tour of the emergency department, I noticed everyone was wearing starched white uniforms. I was told that administration has decided that all nurses will wear white uniforms now. No more colored scrubs, even in the ED. The "tour guide" also told me that on the patient floors the nurses also wear caps, which are NOT required in the ED. Need I say I thanked her very much and literally RAN out the door? That was 2007. Looked like 1967 in there. Thought I had passed through a time warp.

[HJS27]

Cute. I say to get everyone to bend over, waaay over, as often as possible. And squat, lots of squatting. Hopefully, in front of as many administrators as possible. Bet they would be changing the uniform pretty quick then.

[RossayRN]

we have to wear a green polo with the school name on it, white pants, and a white lab coat with insignia on the left sleeve. The dress was optional for us, needless to say no one has the dress. I might get one however for pinning because we have to wear all white for that ceremony but not for clinicals.

[Serlait]

It's not a joke....here ya go....http://www.mynursinguniforms.com/dickies-60110.html

while it does look like a little bit of length has been Photoshopped off it's still impractical. I suggest a pair of ruffled rumba panties or bloomer underneath.

http://www.dancecenter.com/Shoppe/pettipants/N20.N20.N30.html#Anchor-PROMENADE-7431 :) heehee

Or you can order a pair of slip bloomers on Amazon...http://www.amazon.com/Pettipants-Culotte-Bloomers-9-inch-Inseam/dp/B0002U39FG

Hey, if they're gonna make you wear THAT then do what you have to to protect your dignity. Congrat on getting in!

[buttercup99]

At our uni, we have to wear a white polo top with the uni monogram and navy blue pants. It used to be that we could wear any colour polo top but when they changed it, they said we could keep wearing the tops we had. I just wear my navy top with navy pants. I mean white is a bit ridiculous in a nursing situation!

[Chixie]

I thought my uniform was hideous

But at least we get to wear black/tan tights and black shoes and my dress comes below my knees thank god

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

My nursing uniforms were all a-line style which emphasized the largeness of anyone who had large hips. Thankfully, mine aren't. And they all had Peter Pan style collars. We weren't even allowed to wear sneakers. They had to be shoes with no cloth overlay on the heel. The funny part about those old fashioned leather shoes with 2 inch high heels is, they all had shoelaces which are made of cloth in them. DUH!The director was an old woman who was stuck in old fashioned style; Like they wore back in the early 1900s. We all looked ridiculous, and had to wear the goofy dress for a class photo, and for graduation.:icon_roll