What does your nursing uniform look like?

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I found out today that our nursing uniform is white scrub pants (or a white skirt), a white polo shirt and a white smock/lab coat that has to be worn at all times. YUCK!! Plus, the polo shirt is pretty thick. Can anyone say heat stroke.:o I'm gonna melt and look ugly lol.

What do you wear to your clinicals?

Our uniform consists of burgundy pants with an elastic or a tie waist, white tunic top with short sleeves, and white lab coat. The women's top is collarless with the neckline and pockets trimmed in burgundy. The men's top has a collar with the collar and pockets trimmed in burgundy. The women's lab coat has a collar, the men's lab coat is collarless, and the pockets of both are trimmed in burgundy. Our school name & logo (along with "Nursing Student" is embroidered on the right sleeves of both the lab coats and the tunics.

It's not bad. We do look really professional, so I don't mind so much. We have to wear all-white shoes...they actually made us all buy the same style too & brand. Cherokee Rockers...closed back, tennis shoe style looking things.

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Specializes in Behavioral Medicine.

Navy blue scrubs with school patch. White lab coat. White shoes, No canvas. :)

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ours is a navy polo with school name embroidered, khaki pants and any closed toe shoe for school, white scrub pants with white nurse's/tennis shoe for clinical site along with embroidered lab coat (which always gets too hot to wear with the running around we do) neither of the embroidered things will get worn again (maybe donated to other students when i'm done with them)... absolutely no hoodies in chilly classrooms, and only white underneath -- jewelry must be kept to a minimum and hair off the shoulders!

You have a uniform for class? Wow can't imagine that.

Malia

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Our uniforms are all white. White t-shirts, scrub tops, or white polos, white scrub pants and all white shoes. We also have to wear an apron that is small blue and white gingham stripes and a white lab coat.

I have to say that the all white uniform looks really clean and professional. BUT the bottom of my pants always get dirty whe it rains etc...and that stinks. I've found to always roll up my pants if it's raining and unroll once I get inside. This eliminated that problem, but they still get a lil dirty anyway. Bummer.

Oh yea...also: hair off the collar, no jewelry, not even engagement ring (but you can wear your wedding band). What I always did w/ my wedding ring was to pin it inside my apron because I don't like leaving it at home or in the car. That was a trick my instructor showed us.

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Specializes in SDU, Tele, Hospice, Radiology, Education.

Remember the Stay Puff marshmallow Man? Yeah, that what I look like in my uniform-- well except I have 2, ahem, pilows to pad the front a little. We wear all white with school insignia and only are allowed to order from the school's place. Great!

Pipersjo

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ours where white with a white top with navy blue trim and it crossed over in the front it looked like you were wearing a bib and it was made of a really had matterial! it was horriable it looked bad and felt even worse and it didn't make taking care of a patient very easy..you could hardly move in the stupid thing

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you're so blessed cause you wear scrubs on your clinicals..me as astudent nurse here in the philppines we wear ummm how can i say this, a dress with our school logo on the upper left corner on it the with a nurse cap during duty, it's so hard and uncomfortable to move with a school uniform like that:eek:

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UNIFORM GUIDELINES/DRESS CODE

A program approved white pantsuit uniform or dress uniform and WKU name pin must be worn in all secondary care settings in accordance with the policy of that agency. Low-cut necklines, sleeveless or capped sleeves are not accepted. The skirt length of uniforms shall be no shorter than the middle of the knee. White cardigan sweaters or lab coats may be worn with the uniform. White or beige underclothing and full length slips are required. Plain, white leather shoes with plain white hosiery is required. Uniforms may be worn from residence to agency and return. Students may wear uniforms only when functioning in their capacity as WKU nursing student.

LAB COAT

A white, dress length lab coat is required. It must be worn for agency visits or when obtaining assignments. WKU patch must be worn on the left sleeve with an identifying name pin. When wearing lab coats, females must wear skirts, dresses, or dress slacks; males must wear dress slacks and shirt. Jeans and tennis shoes not allowed.

CAP

The cap is not required to be worn in clinical areas. Caps shall be folded with the center back flap on the outside and bands should be placed one inch from the folded front edge of the brim, continuing around the back of the brim far enough to conceal the ends of the band. Bands on caps and pockets shall be one-fourth inch wide velvet ribbon; red for second year students, black for graduates. Cap tacks may not be used to secure ribbons.

Bands on male students' uniforms shall be placed one-half inch from the top of the breast pocket and extend across the width of the pocket.

NAME PIN

Two name pins must be purchased during the first week of class. The student is responsible for ordering pins from the bookstore. You will be responsible for purchasing your name pin after it is printed.

White with red letters and read as follows:

Nancy Nurse

WKU Nursing Student

To be worn on uniform and lab coat on the left side about five inches below the shoulder line.

ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PIN

Those students in Nursing 250 may purchase the official Associate Degree Nursing Program pin which may be worn after graduation from the University bookstore.

SCHOOL PATCH

The patch, purchased at the bookstore, must be worn on both the lab coat and uniform. The emblem is to be centered on the left sleeve, two and one-half inches below the shoulder seam, with the raw edges turned under.

Can we say....PICKY, PICKY, PICKY?!?!?!

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but we don't have lab coat during clinical visit:angryfire...poor us!!!

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Specializes in Cardiac, ER.

my uniform is a ceil blue top with the school patch, white pants, white shoes (no open backs), and a white lab coat.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

We had the option of wearing a white snap uniform top with the school letters embroidered on it, or a white turtleneck or polo shirt again with the school logo,a dark blue vest or dark blue lab coat. The pants were not optional--had to be dark blue. Everyone had to oder from the same company through a special store. Our school nursing patch had to be on the white shirt, coat or vest. If you wore the white scrub top you didn't have to wear the blue vest or coat. You had to have your name tag on at all times. Forgetting it meant, you were sent home and you had to make up the clinical day at your own expense. The store we got the uniforms from gave all the students a great discount.

I am still thanking God we didn't have to wear hats. We had that option with a borrowed on for our graduation portraits.

Guess i was pretty lucky considering, what i have read.

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My uniform is a very ugly hunter green polo, very heavy, stiff white pants, and a very heavy, long sleeve, white lab coat. Had my first clinical in this uniform today and thought I was gonna die of heat stroke...lol. They want us to look professional, but it's hard to appear too professional when you are dripping with sweat....YUK! Had to keep making trips to the restroom to dry off...lol I hate these uniforms!

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