Whoever invented scrubs? Whoever made the decision that nurses are to wear comic characters, sweet sayings, pastels and matching pens?
I tried a 'nurse fannie pack'. It inserted itself into my body wence I once had a waist. I was marked for a week, and finally found that sharpie above my reappearing belly button.
I want to wear EMT pants. Plenty of pockets for plenty of junk. Eight pairs of black should do it. Black goes with everything and makes you look thin.
A pocket for tape, stethoscope, and whatever. Even a pocket for chocolate chip cookies from the cafeteria for when you take a break on the pot.
Should I keep the shoes white or wear black boots, too?
I love my cargo pants. When I stop working I plan to wear them all the time so I can stash those cookies I have not had a chance to eat all these years.
I would vote for the black boots if you go to EMS pants. I think there might be an intimidation factor that could be useful with recalcitrant pts and families. Besides, they make so much noise.
Skip the fanny pack. They are ugly and don't get washed. Yuck.
You might think about the flight suits, too. They have even more pockets and almost everyone looks a little dumpy in them so if your waist isn't what it used to be, oh well.
I wear cargo style pants too. And for my scrub top....my right pocket is work-related items, the left is my personal items (lipstick, etc). I always look like Im wearing a tool belt though because I have a TON of items in that right pocket! There is a nurse in ICU who wears a fanny pack and no one likes her (she is mean and gruff). Everyone calles her the fanny-pack girl.
Ha! I put all my personal stuff in mt Rt pocket and work stuff in the Lt!
I've been wearing my scrubs so much lately that my entire body went to pot. Went to put on a pair of jeans the other day and cr*p they were too tight, and I swear I hadn't put any weight on. Well maybe those few cookies from the cafateria might have helped a little. I love my scrubs fun and festive, black or blue.
I love my scrubs... I like to tell people how lucky I am because I get to wear "pajamas" to work, he-he.
The problem is, however, that you don't catch those extra pounds sneaking up on you when you wear scrubs all the time... I'm serious. I think someone else commented on that too.
When I first became an aide (in ancient Roman times!) I had to wear the starched dresses, white hose and pristine shoes. I did enjoy that. I always felt very sharp and professional. The only problem was that some men were absolute perverts when they would see a PYT dressed like that.
I was pumping gas before work once and had a complete slimeball call out, "Little nursieeeeeee...oooh yeah!"
I wanted to barf. I wanted to shove the gas hose up his nose.
Fortunately, scrubs don't have that ridiculous sexy image the old uniforms did.
As for cartoons... only where appropriate.
I work with geros and they LOVE my "I Love Lucy" scrubs. I hate Lucy, but my geros like it.
My peeve is seeing faded, wrinkled or grubby scrubs.
You have to keep your scrubs sharp.
I also hate seeing someone wear Christmas scrubs in March or June or whatever... it annoys me! LOL!
But scrubs, hands down, are the most comfortable and dead-on appropriate outfit for the job we do.
I don't do cartoons. I don't do freaky prints, or juvenile patterns. Since I work with grownups (staff AND patients!) I don't feel the need to wear dancing bandaids on my shirt.
My hems don't drag. Hate that. I get them sized to fit, or pay the nice lady who sews to fix them for me!
I wear enough pockets so I carry everything I need; I have no use for a fanny pack. If it came to that, I suppose, the nice lady who sews can also stitch on a pocket, LOL, but it's never been an issue.
Clean, non-wrinkled, sized to fit. I do find them VERY comfy! :)
I wore my Christmas tops a few times in July cause it was so blamed hot I was trying to psych myself cool!!! My problem with my "cookie pocket" is I forget they are in there and end up with crumbs!!!
Yuck.
Grace Oz
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