Uniform Cleanliness

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Hello out there, I'm new to this site. I am a LPN and I work for FL DOC.

Should nurses be sent home if their uniform is dirty??? Not just a coffee stain either???

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Specializes in LTC, Hospice, corrections, +.

Yes. Inmate respect is hardwon and professionalism is key to working with inmates and corrections officers. Would a CO show up in an unpressed sloppy uniform with out all their bells and whistles? No.

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Why would anyone go to work in a dirty uniform? Ew.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

No adult should have to be 'sent home' as if they were an errant grade-schooler. But then, no adult worthy of the name would come to work in dirty clothes in the first place.

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Hello out there, I'm new to this site. I am a LPN and I work for FL DOC.

Should nurses be sent home if their uniform is dirty??? Not just a coffee stain either???

depends if they came in that way or acquired it AT work......the first is a slam dunk, go home docked a days pay and dont do it again....the other, well what are they supposed to do? it isnt like a hosp, where you can borrow scrubs......if this is yourself that ran into this issue, i would keep an extra outfit at work or in my car....to play it safe.

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depends if they came in that way or acquired it AT work......the first is a slam dunk, go home docked a days pay and dont do it again....the other, well what are they supposed to do? it isnt like a hosp, where you can borrow scrubs......if this is yourself that ran into this issue, i would keep an extra outfit at work or in my car....to play it safe.

Good point. I was assuming this nurse came wearing a dirty uniform, which would be an Ew. Getting it dirty at work is different. That happens a lot. If it's a bad looking stain I've gotten on my scrubs I get a paper isolation gown and wear that over my scrubs for the rest of the shift.

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Specializes in Family Practice, Mental Health.

.........Which is why I always wear dark colored scrubs...........

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Specializes in a little of everthing.

depends:

  • I do keep a couple pair of scrubs on hand.
  • If one of my nurses came to work that way I'd send him/her home IF staffing allowed.
  • If acquired at work I'd encourage him/her to go home and change IF staffing allowed and IF he/she lives close and if the scrubs I have on hand don't fit.
  • :nurse:

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.

If one of my staff showed up for work in soiled clothing I would send them home, pronto. Part of any job is maintaining a professional appearance.

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