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.
In my hospital the RT's wear royal blue their students wear red, porters navy, specialties like ICU LDR ER OR wear hospital greens. The rest wear whatever you want, including the unit clerks, as long as we're wearing scrubs. Unit clerks get mistaken for nurses all the time.
WE wear whatever we want within reason. I have seen some wear really nice track pants and a tee shirt. Crocs(with holes) are allowed and many girls wear carpris and walking shorts in the summer.
"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)"
i would seriously have a problem with this, and would either quit or not accept the position. i absolutely cannot wear regular underwear under pants. to me, it feels extremely uncomfortable. i wear nude color thongs that do not cut in on the sides and ride low so they never show above my waistline. i agree that my underwear looks much better than the panty lines you see on most nurses, especially the old school ones that still always wear white pants and white granny panties (yes, i worked with one of these at my last position...it looked terrible!!) plus,i think that regular underwear shows above the waistline much more than thongs do, especially when you bend over. yes, i am also an adult woman.
Navy or white (or a combo of both!) plus this big diamond badge that says RN. CNA's wear teal, techs green, RT burgundy. All with big badges identifying who they are.
Could be worse I guess. I just wish they had a "fun scrub relief day" or something.
Each unit in our hospital has a specific color of scrubs to wear. Although most nurses just wore what they wanted to until the recent election. One weekend we had a nurse come to work with an Obama tshirt on, (scrub pants) and even though this had been going on for MONTHS, nothing was said to anyone who wore an obama tshirt. Then on this particular weekend (the weekend before elections) our weekend supervisor enforced the scrub dress code. Now we have to all go by the dress code. Strickly. I think it's all crazy really.
I work in a memory enhancement unit...which is pretty much assisted living for people in the early to mid stages of Alzheimers who are otherwise in pretty good health.
Nurses and aides both wear polo shirts (any color, as long as they are solid colored) and black, navy, or khaki pants. Shoes need to be closed toed and preferably solid colored, but no one is really picky about the color of the shoes. On Fridays, we can wear jeans and t-shirts with the facility logo.
You know, I don't even know if there are any real guidelines as far as uniform where I work. I'm sure there are the typical no visible facial piercings, no nail polish/acrylic nails, etc. but as far as the actual uniform goes I've seen alot of different things- most staff nurses wear scrubs, any print/color with a variety of different kinds of shoes, from crocs, to white nursing shoes, to sneakers. I've seen our team leader wear scrub pants with a long sleeve knit/thermal top (solid). I've seen a tech wearing white sweatpants with a scrub top. I wear scrubs, usually solids, though every once in awhile I put on a print top, and now that its winter I wear a long sleeve teeshirt underneath in a complimenting color and sneakers, and I have a white zip up hoodie that I bring and put on at 3am when everyone is usually freezing!
i had a job many years back where we wore all white. i hadnt been there long when this happnd. somebody called the DON at home and told her my pants were too thin, i had on a thong and you could see the tatoo on my butt thru my pants. I am a very big girl. this rear doesnt DO thongs, lol...nor do i have a tatoo on my rear. so the DON calls the supervisor and demands she write me up without even seeing me herself. when the supervisor came to me and told me what she said i was so mad that i took her in an empty room and made her look at my pants that you could NOT see thru and then i pulled my pants down and showed her not only my granny panties but that my butt doesnt have a tatoo on it. wouldav loved to hear her call the DON back, haha. never heard another word about it, lol
i had a job many years back where we wore all white. i hadnt been there long when this happnd. somebody called the DON at home and told her my pants were too thin, i had on a thong and you could see the tatoo on my butt thru my pants. I am a very big girl. this rear doesnt DO thongs, lol...nor do i have a tatoo on my rear. so the DON calls the supervisor and demands she write me up without even seeing me herself. when the supervisor came to me and told me what she said i was so mad that i took her in an empty room and made her look at my pants that you could NOT see thru and then i pulled my pants down and showed her not only my granny panties but that my butt doesnt have a tatoo on it. wouldav loved to hear her call the DON back, haha. never heard another word about it, lol
That made me laugh out loud because it so sounds like something that would happen to me.
My favorite uniform mishap happened one night when I was helping a lady walk from her sink back to her bed as she started to feel unsteady. She had grabbed ahold of my pants and pulled them, so they were just a LITTLE bit below where I normally wear them. One of her slippers came partway off, so I bent down to straighten it, in doing so I could tell that my underwear and lower back were showing, but...what can ya do?? Just then, my nurse for the night (who is THAT PERSON that most facilities have...you know, the one that NO ONE wants to work with) walked in to give the patient something. After I got the patient settled, I went into the hallway where she was waiting for me. She told me, "You know, you really need to get some pants that fit you right" and walked away. Well, for one, my pants fit me just fine, it was due to the circumstances that they were low...and what was I supposed to do? Let go of the unsteady fall risk to pull them UP, when we were in a room with the door closed? I was annoyed, but I shrugged it off.
The next day I came in, I was sent to see the DON. Yes, the nurse had actually gone to her to COMPLAIN about seeing a few inches of my butt-covering underwear and part of my back while I was bending over to keep a patient from falling. ARE YOU SERIOUS, LADY? I demonstrated to the DON that my pants fit fine and told her the circumstances and she laughed it off, but STILL. Some people.
We have to wear Black and White. Can be all black or all white or combo. That's for the RN's. LPN's wear combo of Red and white. Most of the male RN's wear all Black.
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 like your employer's current policy-hope it doesn't get get changed to the hospital-wide white~~that can become boring after a while and make it harder it ID what dept a staff member works in at a glance. Just my
Now- No flip flops or blue jeans. School system doesn't want us wearing crocs, but if I am at the health dept, I can wear them. My rule- if I can't run a code in it, I'm not wearing it. Sure, I might be at a desk all day, but don't know when I'll have to go run somewhere. I only dress up if I have meetings.
Last job- Nurses could wear grape purple and white, but not all white. CNA's wore tan and navy blue. I feel bad for my husband- it's hard to find grape in a style men like. LOL Only floor that was different was L&D and peds.
Job before that- in the ER, we changed so the nurses wore dark blue and the CNA's wore a wine like color. Luckily, they bought them for us. No patterns. Cardiac floors could wear white and red, and any tops so long as it had hearts on it. Housewide- no denim, camo. Any areas that would see children- no all black (it could be scary for children- Angel of death?)
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In my hospital the RT's wear royal blue their students wear red, porters navy, specialties like ICU LDR ER OR wear hospital greens. The rest wear whatever you want, including the unit clerks, as long as we're wearing scrubs. Unit clerks get mistaken for nurses all the time.