Threatened dismissal because of wrinkly clothes :0(

[hotdog19d]

Hey everyone, I was just trying to get some opinions of an incident that happened to me recently.

I was pulled aside by the director of my nursing program, and was told that if I wore wrinkly clothes to clinical again I would be kicked out of the program. I was wearing a polo and khakis to clinical which I did't think were wrinkly, but apparently the clinical instructor did, she didn't say anything to me about it,but she said something to the director.

Edit= Thanks for everyones advice! I took a lot of it and the next clinicals went fine, as far as my attire went.

[augigi, CNS]

Good for you Natkat! It's hard to take even constructive criticism sometimes, it looks like you have a great attitude and will do very well for yourself.

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

If you have time to read and post on this board, you have time to iron your uniform. If you are reading this post and show up to clinicals with a "wrinkly" uniform, let's face it you are lazy!!!!

I agree with the first sentence. The second sentence, a bit much to label someone "lazy" like that.

[Kiren]

I agree with the first sentence. The second sentence, a bit much to label someone "lazy" like that.

Well, help me out please. What would you call someone who has time to read and post on message boards, but, claim they don't have enough time to iron their nursing uniform properly???

If it walks like a duck......

[PickMePlze]

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[SoulShine75]

I am in nursing and I do have time to iron. I iron my work clothes everyday. You are in a professional field and you have to look professional. There is no excuse for not ironing clothes. It takes less than 10 minutes. I rather spend the 10 minutes ironing than spending it in the instructor's office.

I plan to wash my uniform every night after clinical by hand and let them airdry with a hanger. That way, I dont have to do too much ironing. It will take me 5 minutes to iron. I can understand not having time to cook, but ironing, come on now.

I don't have time to iron. I have a family of 6. I barely have time to make sure everyone has clean clothes. lol Whether I iron my scrubs or not I believe I still look professional....and not wrinkled.

[LydiaNN]

Well, help me out please. What would you call someone who has time to read and post on message boards, but, claim they don't have enough time to iron their nursing uniform properly???

If it walks like a duck......

To quote my mother, ''Just because it's true doesn't mean that you have to say it''. Name calling is very rarely necessary. Not that I'm saying the OP is lazy... just that even if that's the case, there should be criteria for deciding whether or not to say something other than the mere fact that it is true... If that was all we needed to worry about, we could all tell our bosses what we really think, get in trouble with our co-workers, have no friends, hurt our kids' and our spouses' feelings, etc...

[michar]

The deodorant crystal is basically salt. There is also a spray that is basically salt water. Yes, technically chemicals but all pronounceable and all in our bodies anyways. They work well as a deodorant (the bacteria don't like the salty enviroment) but poorly as an antiperspirant.

I have hyperhydrosis so there is no way it would work for me.

I was just griping about having to do various things as a student that I'm lacking some resource to do (either time or $ for the most part) but am still required. After listening to myself (because I was talking to myself) I realized that we are 'practicing' to be professionals and that may just include doing professional things.

I think this includes looking the part. Next week I have to present a PP as if I was presenting it to a group of Professional Nurses. We're graded on everything, right down to appearance. Guess what? I don't have anything aside from my EMS uniform, a funeral dress, and jeans/shirts. I don't want to go out any buy anything new, both financially and I'm not a dressy person but I will.

[jov]

I can understand not having time to cook, but ironing, come on now.

I don't know-- you can only go so many days without food but can live for a long time in pants with a wrinkle. Plus BAD food will clog up your arteries. So if I had ten minutes, I would spend it cooking, not ironing.

As far as planning to HANDWASH your uniform every night, why not post back here in a few years and let us know how THAT worked out. Seriously.

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Well, help me out please. What would you call someone who has time to read and post on message boards, but, claim they don't have enough time to iron their nursing uniform properly???

If it walks like a duck......

...it might be a goose.

I would call it someone who's taking time out to relax for a few, most likely, since i've been there and done that (and certainly wasn't "lazy").

[Kiren]

If one says he or she does not know how to iron I may understand that.

If one says he or she has no iron I may understand that as well.

If one makes a statement and says I am wrinkled because I did not have time to iron. But, he or she has time to play around on the computer when you know you are being evaluated on your appearance as well as your skills, I cannot understand that.

Forgive my politically incorectness but laziness is laziness. Yes, some things are best left unsaid. However, anyone who can justify doing that needs to hear the truth. I'd rather offend you to make you take a good look at what your doing than to say nothing and allow you to justify your behavior. If it does not apply to you then it wasn't meant for you. But, if my statement hit you I didn't mean to miss you.

[michar]

Kiren, what if they made the post as they are waiting for an assignment to submit online? What if they posted from their laptop inbetween classes? What if they are sitting in a very boring computer class posting? I've seen the "don't complain about X when you are sitting here on the computer, you should be out doing Y" It's never flown with me.

Not on parenting sites, not hobby sites, not anywhere. I think it's a crappy thing to assume that you know enough about a person from a few posts to paste them with a sweeping label.

I don't iron. I probably never will with any regularity. I manage just fine to go through life looking nice and neat but without that starched look. I also manage to browse the net while I'm doing other things.

[jov]

Besides Kiren, isn't it all relative. For example, OP thought neat but unironed was good enough. You think only ironed passes muster. The next person might say ironed isn't good enough, only drycleaned and pressed is acceptable. I say scrubs look fine without being ironed. I would be willing to **guess** shall we say, 95% of nurses DON'T iron their scrubs? Shall we also deem them lazy?