white uniforms vs. colored/printed

[Linda K. Foster]

Does anyone have any research about the effects of white uniforms vs. colored/printed ones? My administrator wants nurses to go back to white. We want the other because of style, fun, and "this is 2002 !" Thanks

[LAM2010, BSN]

I have two words to say about white uniforms: PIT STAINS (among other stains mentioned before)

I'll be glad to wear white when the hospital provides my clothing and launders it for me every day (like they do in the O.R.).

My hospital just went to color-coded scrubs or uniforms, and I hate to admit, but it looks great. The RNs wear navy blue, the techs wear grey, housekeeping wears the same uniform they've always worn, radiology is brown, and the ER is black. I think. Something like that, but you get the point. And as a patient, I would like being able to tell the staff apart - even if a nurse introduces herself to me as my nurse, I will forget at some point.

Our new CNO still hates it, she wants all the nurses to wear white. But she didn't get her way, she had to compromise.

[hcox1975, BSN, RN]

The hospital I work at, you can wear whatever color you want. I personally don't like the cartoon prints but that just me.

I do like the idea of color coding. Or name tags with your title in large print. All of our doctors wear white coats so we are discouraged from wearing white. I don't have a problem with piercings as long as it's tasteful.

If you came at me at a white uniform, I would wonder what psych hospital I was in. White uniforms scare patients.

[The Clinician]

sorry but i think whites are the most professional attire for nurses. People respect that look more and it is comforting to allot of our elderly patients. And as for the "vomit, blood, and leaky babies" ........... What? If u cant see it, its not there?? YUCK!! I feel that not all....but some people forget being a nurse is not just a job....its a profession!!!! Take pride in the nurses who came before you....these brave women fought a male driven society to gain respect, trust and honor to a once "undesirable" profession.

Just one persons opinon....I do respect u all in whatever color u choice to wear

The Ku Klux Klan also wore white.