That's one reason never to go back to the white and caps because it would be gender biased. I also think it is an antiquated image that a lot of people still have in regards to nurses, one that casts us in that subservient handmaiden role that in general still holds the profession back in terms of being taken seriously. We need to strive for a newer image that will move us forward.
I've never had to wear a white cap, thank you God.
I don't discount the history of nursing at all. But I personally think all white connotes subservience or the ice cream man.
But that is another thread . . . and there are many here on allnurses.
I'll have to ask others at work if our little rural hospital ever required caps.
I also think we should each wear what we like . . . if you like all white with a cap than go for it. As professionals, we should be able to choose our own clothing.
The long term facility I work in required nurses to wear caps up to about 6 years ago. They even purchased a bullk of them so anyone who didn't have one could buy one. Staff's noncompliance and dislike of them finally got them to change their policy. We still are required to wear all white uniforms though and I doubt that will ever change. My biggest issue with all white uniforms is that they are so see through.
My biggest issue with all white uniforms is that they are so see through.
Boy, is that the truth. White scrub pants-you can see even nude panties under them. Drives me crazy - as evidenced on other white pants threads. :uhoh21:
I have to add that I don't like the cutesy scrubs either - but I don't think those who do should not be allowed to wear what they want. I work with a nurse whose spouse makes all his scrub tops - he loves chocolate and so has a Hershey's Chocolate scrub top. He is a train buff - he has a train scrub top.
I do have a couple of tropical tops. Most of mine tops are solid colors. Red. Navy Blue. And I wear a white lab coat.
I did wear a dress during nursing school because I hated white pants - with a dress you can wear a slip. But I'd never work in one.
Why? Nursing should not be gender bias in-favor of females. The white uniform & white nurses hat has the connotation of the female nurse.>>>>
That's the silliest thing I ever heard. Male nurses wore all white and in place of a cap they put their stripe on their sleeve. This "politically incorrect" stuff is getting ridiculous.
At Brooke Army Medical Center & Madigan Army Medical Center scrubs are predominantly worn. As a matter of fact, the military nurses assigned to Wards that wear scrubs must wear the one's stamped with BAMC, or MAMC, and are the same color.
Why? Nursing should not be gender bias in-favor of females. The white uniform & white nurses hat has the connotation of the female nurse.>>>>
That's the silliest thing I ever heard. Male nurses wore all white and in place of a cap they put their stripe on their sleeve. This "politically incorrect" stuff is getting ridiculous.
Ridiculous, oh really? I'm not the only person [male or female] on this Thread with the same sentiments towards the whites;
Originally Posted by DusktilDawn
That's one reason never to go back to the white and caps because it would be gender biased. I also think it is an antiquated image that a lot of people still have in regards to nurses, one that casts us in that subservient handmaiden role that in general still holds the profession back in terms of being taken seriously. We need to strive for a newer image that will move us forward.
BTW, your avatar is gender bias towards nursing as a female profession, too.
Why on earth would nursing always be a female dominated profession?? It seems like at least 1/2 of the new grads in our area are male and probably a third of the CNA's. I work with AT LEAST 2 males (either RN or CNA) on my unit every shift. Yes, they give bed baths and everything else a CNA does too. If a person has a problem with that and I don't have time- they wait until the next shift or it's a major code brown- they just get changed regardless of gender. Learning history is important and it's important to learn from past mistakes and attitudes. That DOES NOT mean we have to live in the 1800's. I realize healthcare and medicine has changed- well, do you really want to go back to a time without most of our medications or equipment? Now days, we tell the doctors what to order half the time. In my job it's important that what we wear be COMFORTABLE, NOT CATCH ON ANYTHING OR POSE AN INFECTION CONTROL RISK, AND BE EASY TO CLEAN- I have to kneel on the floor, work with body fluids, clean up the room, lift, bend over, etc. I am NOT going to give some old guy a thrill (or a heart attack) by wearing a white skirt!!! :angryfire Furthermore, as a college educated professional, I do NOT need to be told what to wear!
If there are RN's out there (or LPN's) that come to work with their belly hanging out- obviously that is inappropriate but otherwise.....don't tell me what color or style of scrub set I should have. Geezz......
For those of you that feel you have earned the right to wear white scrubs and a cap- go for it. The rest of the staff MAY laugh behind your back and think you are in a time warp (I'm just being honest) - but if it makes you feel better and more important, more power to you. :yelclap:
I'm proud of my degree, the fact that I save and improve lives, the fact that I connect with people- and I feel good in my comfortable scrubs, tennis shoes, and pony tail.
This isn't meant to be a flame, but honestly most of the old style uniform loving nurses ARE older and will soon retire. When that happens, don't expect the caps and white skirts to make a come back. And don't be surprised when a young man hands you a bedpan or your medications.
Why on earth would nursing always be a female dominated profession?? It seems like at least 1/2 of the new grads in our area are male and probably a third of the CNA's. I work with AT LEAST 2 males (either RN or CNA) on my unit every shift. Yes, they give bed baths and everything else a CNA does too. If a person has a problem with that and I don't have time- they wait until the next shift or it's a major code brown- they just get changed regardless of gender. Learning history is important and it's important to learn from past mistakes and attitudes. That DOES NOT mean we have to live in the 1800's. I realize healthcare and medicine has changed- well, do you really want to go back to a time without most of our medications or equipment? Now days, we tell the doctors what to order half the time. In my job it's important that what we wear be COMFORTABLE, NOT CATCH ON ANYTHING OR POSE AN INFECTION CONTROL RISK, AND BE EASY TO CLEAN- I have to kneel on the floor, work with body fluids, clean up the room, lift, bend over, etc. I am NOT going to give some old guy a thrill (or a heart attack) by wearing a white skirt!!! :angryfire Furthermore, as a college educated professional, I do NOT need to be told what to wear!
If there are RN's out there (or LPN's) that come to work with their belly hanging out- obviously that is inappropriate but otherwise.....don't tell me what color or style of scrub set I should have. Geezz......
For those of you that feel you have earned the right to wear white scrubs and a cap- go for it. The rest of the staff MAY laugh behind your back and think you are in a time warp (I'm just being honest) - but if it makes you feel better and more important, more power to you. :yelclap:
I'm proud of my degree, the fact that I save and improve lives, the fact that I connect with people- and I feel good in my comfortable scrubs, tennis shoes, and pony tail.
This isn't meant to be a flame, but honestly most of the old style uniform loving nurses ARE older and will soon retire. When that happens, don't expect the caps and white skirts to make a come back. And don't be surprised when a young man hands you a bedpan or your medications.
Nursing caps were discontinued by the efforts of infection control. It was found that they harbored multiple bacteria and were not able to be cleaned properly (daily). Everytime the nurse attempted a sterile procedure it was compromised by the cap being over the field. Infection control is now trying to stop MD's from wearing neckties for the same reason. They are even worse because they dangle and the MD's are always touching them with their hands. I predict 5 years and no more neckties in hospitals.
I have plenty of positives to report about female nurses, too bad you don't feel the same towards male RNs.
Huh? I simply have nothing at all to report about male RNs. My experience with them has been extremely limited. You can read negativity into that if you must, but it certainly wasn't implied.
For those of you that feel you have earned the right to wear white scrubs and a cap- go for it. The rest of the staff MAY laugh behind your back and think you are in a time warp (I'm just being honest) - but if it makes you feel better and more important, more power to you. :yelclap:
Oh, just go ahead and laugh in my face. You just did, in the name of "honesty."
Ah, youth. SO many things read into a simple couple of paragraphs.
You work with a couple of men on every shift? That's nice. The hospital in which I'm working has a grand total of one male RN doing med/surg patient care. The rest are in the OR or ER. Gender bias or preference? I don't know, nor am I concerned.
Of the four men in my class, one wants OR, one is a flight paramedic and wants to keep doing it but for more money, one's an ER tech and will go back to the ED, and one is hoping to use nursing school as an entree into medical school. That leaves 28 women willing to give bed baths and wipe butts if they don't, as so many of them want to do, go into maternity.
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I realize healthcare and medicine has changed- well, do you really want to go back to a time without most of our medications or equipment? Now days, we tell the doctors what to order half the time. In my job it's important that what we wear be COMFORTABLE, NOT CATCH ON ANYTHING OR POSE AN INFECTION CONTROL RISK, AND BE EASY TO CLEAN- I have to kneel on the floor, work with body fluids, clean up the room, lift, bend over, etc. I am NOT going to give some old guy a thrill (or a heart attack) by wearing a white skirt!!! :angryfire Furthermore, as a college educated professional, I do NOT need to be told what to wear! 
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