What to wear to lab/clinical training.

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Specializes in ER/Emergency Behavioral Health....

So to lecture I just wear jeans and a t-shirt.

We have a skills lab and the first two weeks we are supposed to go to skills lab instead of clinicals. I guess this is supposed to just be practicing on dummies and practicing vital signs on one another.

Our professor told us we can wear what we want to that. I guess jeans t shirt and flip flops will be ok.

I'm just wondering what others wore to their skills lab. I don't want to be underdressed, but I don't want to wear my uniform since that is just for clinical days.

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We had to wear our scrubs for lab... we had to dress for lab exactly as we would for a clinical day. Badge and all.

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Specializes in ICU/ Surgery/ Nursing Education.
We had to wear our scrubs for lab... we had to dress for lab exactly as we would for a clinical day. Badge and all.

Ditto for me. Lab was a place to learn and practice skills that we would use in nursing. I would think you would need to learn to complete a bed bath with your ID badge dangling in front of you....

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

We had to wear scrubs and approved footwear.

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Another vote for scrubs. They were mandatory for lab.

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Specializes in LTC.

We wear our uniforms or we can wear regular scrubs. We don't wear jeans.

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Specializes in ICU.

We have to wear scrubs. Have to. Not our uniform, but some type of scrubs. No flip flops allowed either. When we are in lab we dress like clinicals. No hair down, no visible tattoos, no earrings, no nails. We have lab until clinicals at the end of oct. Then it's one day lecture, one day lab, and one day clinicals. Clinical hours will increase each semester.

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Specializes in ER/Emergency Behavioral Health....

Weird. Maybe the first lab, but they said street clothes. I will have to double check with my professor.

I know we have two clinicals at the school before hospital. I think I will just wear scrubs to that.

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We were allowed to wear scrubs or business casual clothes with a lab coat. I found it best to wear scrubs, though. It was easier to maneuver around and do things as you would in the hospital setting.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

When I was in school, street clothes were fine except for certain days, like simulations. Then we wore scrubs.

Our only day to day "mandate" for lab was short sleeves and hair back.

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Specializes in ER/Emergency Behavioral Health....

I'll just wear jeans, a short sleeve t-shirt and sneakers.

I have clinical the next day so I'll ask then about scrubs for the in-class clinical days.

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Specializes in Neuro, Telemetry.

Weird. We have to wear our uniform scrubs for all lab days and all simulations in addition to our clinical days. For block one we didn't have to wear scrubs unless we were practicing skill, but I would imagine your 2 preclinical lab days will be for skill practice. But hey, if they don't make you wear them for lab, take advantage. Washing and ironing the dang uniform so often is a hassle anyway. Even with 2 sets.

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