Hey everyone! I'm starting as a school nurse for a middle school and high school next Monday. I am the only nurse in the district. I was told the previous nurse (position has been vacant for a year) would wear scrubs sometimes and sometimes business casual, more like a teacher. Both are acceptable, apparently. What does everyone wear? I don't have set guidelines. Help! More Like This School Nurse/Vaccines by moomin, LPN School Nursing: Everything You Need to Know by KariRNBSN School Nurse Interview Questions? by Beginning15, BSN, RN Teacher Issue... by CarlyCastaneda What School Nurses REALLY Do? by Kittery
Incognito-lpn 12 Posts Has 9 years experience. Feb 20, 2022 I wear scrub pants and school t shirts or hoodies. Fridays we can wear jeans.
Eleven011 1,244 Posts Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse. Has 20+ years experience. Feb 21, 2022 I'm the only nurse in a PK - 12 building. I was told I could wear anything as long as it was professional. I do mostly wear scrubs, due to the ease of cleaning, its what I had available, and makes mornings easier than trying to put together a dressy outfit each day! I try to participate in school dress up days, like pajama day, Hawaiian day, ect. We also have Jeans Friday and I'll do jeans and a school themed shirt.
nursekoll, BSN, RN 135 Posts Specializes in 8 years as a school nurse. Has 19 years experience. Feb 21, 2022 Scrubs are the easiest and most comfortable for me. Also, I like that it makes me easily identifiable as the nurse.
John2018 102 Posts Specializes in Occupational Health Nursing. Has 5 years experience. Feb 21, 2022 I worked as a company nurse and they require me to be in smart casual attire, but since you have an option for scrubs...If I were you, I'd wear scrubs..students and school officers can easily identify you plus it's more comfortable.
Keeperofbandages, LPN 139 Posts Specializes in School Health. Has 9 years experience. Feb 22, 2022 I wear scrubs since I'm the only nurse in a K-8 school. However, on special occasions (dress up days, jean days) I will participate in those.
AdobeRN 1,294 Posts Feb 22, 2022 I wear a mix - mostly scrubs. Sometimes I wear jeans with a school tshirt.
lifelearningrn, BSN, RN 2,536 Posts Specializes in School Nursing. Has 9 years experience. Feb 22, 2022 scrubs, it's required. We dress professional to our role.
NutmeggeRN, BSN 8 Articles; 4,596 Posts Specializes in kids. Has 40 years experience. Feb 22, 2022 Scrubs and I invested in a couple of lab jackets and got my name embroidered on them.
Istolethefizzyliftingdrink, RN 3 Posts Specializes in L&D, Hospice, Case Management, NICU,School Nursing. Has 16 years experience. Feb 22, 2022 16 minutes ago, NutmeggeRN said: Scrubs and I invested in a couple of lab jackets and got my name embroidered on them. I was thinking of this too! Especially if it was a dressier day. This is what my school nurse did when I was a kid, so I guess it is what is stuck in my head LOL. Dresses and heels and a lab coat. (I think I’ll skip the dresses and heels part though)
Flare, ASN, BSN 5 Articles; 4,431 Posts Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma. Feb 22, 2022 Black scrubs everyday. One less decision to make each day. I bought 6 pairs of identical black scrubs off of Amazon and never looked back. I don't even participate in jeans day anymore.
LikeTheDeadSea, MSN, RN 654 Posts Specializes in School Nursing. Has 6 years experience. Feb 22, 2022 Not allowed to wear scrubs. This is the status quo of most school nurses in my region. Business casual, I gear towards nice-casual because having to decrease the life of $$$ business casual clothes by going through the wash daily with the sick kiddos is a financial investment I'm not ready to make. I'd use whatever you have in your closet already 🙂