What's the deal with scrubs?

[Wuiteroz]

Hey guys do you get to choose the color of scrubs that you're wearing or does it depend on which department of hte hospital you work at?

Can I buy white scrubs if I love the color?

[BabySF]

At my facility, we can wear whatever we want.. I work on the liver transplant unit, so we make fun of the nurses who dare to wear white scrubs. (Too much poop!!)

[bethin]

We can wear whatever we want. No cropped pants though. Personally, I only wear navy and ceil blue pants with subtle tops. I'm not a bright person. I don't like sticking out. I've noticed that the new nurse externs at our hospital wear extremely bright colors and very very low rise pants. They bend over and you can see their thongs! I draw the line at that. We are professionals - even if we are only aides. Also, I see some nurses wearing khaki pants with a white top. I think that can be confusing for patients.

[Kiren]

The hospital I used to work at was "color coded"

Rn/Lpn - white

Cna - ceil

radiology - navy

pt -purple

pharmacy - hunter

etc., etc., I think it was a good idea. You always know who you are talking to.

[SilverPhoenix]

White is the most illogical color for our profession.

Two reasons:

1: You can see you 'roos, I dont know about you, but what color my skivvies are aint nobodys business.

2: Two words "Mud" and "Blood"