What do you wear in lab?

Kringe38 · Oct 28, 2009

We wear scrubs on clinical days but otherwise regular clothes unless we just want to wear scrubs, including during lab practice. Not supposed to wear anything too revealing but otherwise it's up to us.

cheska_rn, ASN, RN · Oct 28, 2009

I don't start until January, but have been told by current students that in lab we have to wear a plain white crew-neck style t-shirt with sweat pants (no writing, stripes, designs, etc).

For clinical, our school is still using the old-fashioned white uniforms. :imbar We also have to wear plain white shoes w/absolutely no writing on them. Kind of sucks for me because I'm looking for shoes, and most have some sort of writing (be it a logo or brand name). Dansko's don't, but I have wide feet and I have heard their shoes run very narrow.

Boog'sCRRN246, RN · Oct 28, 2009

We're required to wear scrubs/scrub pants,nursing dept t-shirt in the lab at my school. This is also what we are required to wear to lecture days also.

tiffanyleigh0212 · Oct 28, 2009

Thanks for the replies, I like the idea of scrubs and t shirt. I feel that's easier maneuvering around and everything else you have to do.

cheska_rn, ASN, RN · Oct 28, 2009

I agree! I wish we could wear scrubs. I hate sweat pants! LOL! :smackingf

DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN · Oct 28, 2009

We had to wear regular clothing. We were specifically told NOT to wear scrubs to lab because they wanted to ensure we weren't wearing work scrubs to school (carrying the nasty bugs). Frankly, I find scrubs really comfy and would rather have worn scrubs than regular clothing -- especially with all the moving and such we do.

That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Oct 28, 2009

Whatever we wanted to wear was fine. During the hot summer months, our genius school would not turn on the ac so everyone came in gym clothes and it was very miserable for everyone.

DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN · Oct 28, 2009

Do yourself a favor. Don't wear Daisy Dukes and tube tops...yep someone in our class did.

peytonsmom · Oct 28, 2009

Oh we had the tube tops and short shorts too...and we're a small catholic school. I can't believe she didn't get sent home. Apparently one kid was made to turn his t-shirt inside out that said "orgasm doner" on the front of it. Apparently that was more offending then the view of T&A I was getting from the girl infront of me. *shrugs*

ShantheRN, BSN, RN · Oct 28, 2009

We don't have a dress code for anything except clinical. I dress in layers, just because our lab varies in degrees of freezing.

And an FYI on Danskos - I have wide feet and absolutely love mine :loveya:

~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN · Oct 28, 2009

I start my nursing program in January and I was just kind of curious as to what student wear during lab? Is it common to wear scrubs or usually just regular clothing? I know schools are all different. Just wanted to hear what others wear.

We wear regular clothes unless it's Returns or Simulations then we have to wear our clinical get up.