As we all know Nursing Uniform guidelines were really strict about 20 years ago. Nurses were required to wear only white uniforms, white stockings if skirts were worn, white shoes and oh yes those rediculous caps.
Now a days Nurses have much more freedom to wear what ever type of uniform they wish. Yet, as some us know there are those who will routinely push the envelope and where what ever to the point of not looking professional at all.
Then there's the controversy that exists in some facilities of nurses actually being reported to management for the type of underwear that they are or aren't wearing.
Maybe I'm just being... ignorant... but at the hospital I work at you can wear any type of underwear you desire - so long as you're not showing them (and/or your butt crack) off. Not that the hospital would ever pull down my pants and check (or that I like thongs) - but that would really bug me if my work place tried to regulate my undergarments!
When I work the floor, I can wear anything as long as it is scrubs. When I am in the office, I am supposed to wear "business casual." Pretty much I wear nice pants and some sort of matching top with dress-type shoes. The business casual thing is interpreted in a lot of different ways...everything from what I wear to pants with t-shirts and tennis shoes to skirts and jackets.
Maybe I'm just being... ignorant... but at the hospital I work at you can wear any type of underwear you desire - so long as you're not showing them (and/or your butt crack) off. Not that the hospital would ever pull down my pants and check (or that I like thongs) - but that would really bug me if my work place tried to regulate my undergarments!
Those rules come from those that wear black thongs under white pants or colored underwear under white pants. The same for thongs that you can see above the waist of the pants. Some think that this is OK to wear to work. I don't think we should have rules on this either, but adults don't always think.
we have to wear all white. many hospitals in my are (ny - long island) are going back to nurses in all whites. it seems the patients were getting to confused. i have to wear white scrub pants, all white top (can have a a design but it has to be white on white) and white shoes. we are allowed to wear any color/print scrub jackets we want and can wear any color long sleeved shirt underneath, but the scrubs must be all white. hair pulled back, only studs in the ears or a wedding band on the hands. we must wear all white, full-coverage underpants (stated very spefically inour dress code). and they are very strict about following the dress code. our aides wear white pants and a yellow or ceil blue top.
WOW this makes me want to become a nurse in Scotland.....are you kidding me? These kinds of uniform rules would never fly in the US today!
We still do have strict guidelines.Nurses uniforms are navy with white piping,black socks and shoes,hair above collars and no hand jewellery except wedding rings.
Carers ,white tops with piping if senior carers,black trousers(pants) black socks and shoes.etc.
Specializes in Gyn Onc, OB, L&D, HH/Hospice/Palliative.
No t-shirts with 'sayings', other than that anything goes, including all black (which I really dislike), actually when I started all black, or any black was not allowed, I will wear black scrub pants, but w/a pink or pastel shirt. We are going to some type of uniform in January tho- no one knows the details, it will be hospital wide for all nurses on inpt units. The ED, and L&D have their own color, hospital provides them.Thank God I get to wear what I want on the HH job !!!
Most of the specialty floors in my hospital are provided for us.
L&D: ceil blue provided by hospital with name and unit printed on top and bottom
OR: dark purple (provided)
ER: navy blue (provided)
CCU: red and white
ICU: light green and white
all the other units can wear scrubs of their liking. No "outrageous hair color, no extreme piercings," etc.
Our CEO of the hospital is attempting to make us all go back to strict white uniforms, white shoes, hats, etc. I don't think it'll fly. A new girl on the unit came in with a nose hoop ring. They didn't like that so much and made her change it to a stud. No limits on how many ear piercings, but no dangly jewelry.
I am happy with our uniform policy because everyone is easily identified. Nurses wear only navy and white (except in L&D, which is baby pink). CNA's wear teal. Respiratory wears red and black. Secretaries wear burgundy.
"We are expected to be neat and clean, wear underwear (I can't believe we have to tell adults this), no thongs (again I can't believe we have to tell adult women this). We can pretty much wear whatever color shoes."
As for this, if they tried to tell me what kind of underwear to wear, I would have a serious problem. Personally I think my nude colored thongs look better than the panty lines I see from the white granny panties some of my co-workers wear (and I am an ADULT woman)...
At our facility we are not allowed to wear all black, no denim. Underwear must not be visible through your scrubs. Only the ER and OR departments where specific uniforms. The ER must wear royal blue and OR including OB wear surgical scrubs provided by the hospital. RN's must wear a red badge holder that has RN in big letters on it, the LPNs wear similar badge holders but they are green. No crocs with holes in the top.
The hospital I work at now is nurses wear whatever scrubs. They are beginning to color code depts ex--lab techs wear burgundy. Cleveland Clinic RN's and externs wear all whites and PCNA's wear hunter green.
CrazyNurseGrrl
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Maybe I'm just being... ignorant... but at the hospital I work at you can wear any type of underwear you desire - so long as you're not showing them (and/or your butt crack) off. Not that the hospital would ever pull down my pants and check (or that I like thongs) - but that would really bug me if my work place tried to regulate my undergarments!