Would you quit over white uniforms?

If your facility went back to white uniforms for licensed nursing personnel, would you quit? Just wondering as I've heard discussions about some facilities going back to all white for nursing staff.

Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Not if it were otherwise a decent place to work.

Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

Lets say the job hunt would begin. Not cause of white uniforms specifically, but because what such a decision would tell me about the management of that hospital and their mindset. I would see it as a huge step in the administration further reducing nurse's power and would be done to remind the nurses that they are under management's thumb.

Such a thing can only happen in the presence of a huge glut of nurses.

Specializes in Long Term Acute Care, TCU.
Lets say the job hunt would begin. Not cause of white uniforms specifically, but because what such a decision would tell me about the management of that hospital and their mindset. I would see it as a huge step in the administration further reducing nurse's power and would be done to remind the nurses that they are under management's thumb.

Such a thing can only happen in the presence of a huge glut of nurses.

Nice point. Nurses fought to not have to wear the hats and white dresses. However, with the glut at hand, nurses are expendable and my recommendation would be to go with the white uniforms.

CAUTION: TANGENT ALERT:

Why is it that most nurse practitioners dress inappropriately in the clinical setting? Boots with yoga pants and a cleavage revealing top are great for going out with friends, but they should stick with scrubs or professional apparel in the clinical setting.

I literally cringe when I take my child to the immediate care center and I hear the all too familiar sound of those leather boots. Yes, the young ladies look gorgeous, however I feel about as comfortable with them as I would with a male NP wearing a muscle shirt and skinny jeans.

Hey I think I will start a new topic

Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
:roflmao: One of the reasons white has been eliminated where I work is, as the rumor mill goes, is that we're too stupid not to wear red underwear. Or polka dots. Or thongs.

I find that more insulting than forcing me to wear a mandatory color.

Well, they got that right. Years ago, back when we were forced to wear all white, my assistant nurse manager (who had gained considerable weight since she bought her scrubs) was prone to wearing hot pink, red and turquoise underwear under her (nearly threadbare) white scrubs. Her bosses discussed it with her, and it was agreed that it was unprofessional for anyone to be able to tell what color her underwear was while she was wearing her scrubs.

The next day, she came to work sans underwear. She wasn't a natural blonde.

Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

clothing color is so ridculous when there are more important things to consider. We have RN, LVN, RT, etc., in large letters hanging under our badge. You can read it more clearly than the name. Everyone wears solid colors of your own choice. Patients can clearly identify us. It's not like they read the dress code anway and know what the colors stand for!

It further implies that nursing staff doesn't matter. Just a necessary evil required for the hospital to make profit, and they will dress that necessary evil as prettily as required for guests to give those good HCAHPS ratings! Everyone knows who has a CLUE about patient care that white scrubs are a horrible choice, as well as just common sense. Who wants to select the rest of their wardrobe around it? I'm a guy, but I can appreciate that women might not want to do that.
Thank you.
I'm trying to imagine the next job interview when they ask why you left your last job...

"It wasn't a good fit..."

Lets say the job hunt would begin. Not cause of white uniforms specifically, but because what such a decision would tell me about the management of that hospital and their mindset. I would see it as a huge step in the administration further reducing nurse's power and would be done to remind the nurses that they are under management's thumb.

Such a thing can only happen in the presence of a huge glut of nurses.

my point, previously made. I guess i was just too subtle about it.

Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.
clothing color is so ridculous when there are more important things to consider. We have RN, LVN, RT, etc., in large letters hanging under our badge. You can read it more clearly than the name. Everyone wears solid colors of your own choice. Patients can clearly identify us. It's not like they read the dress code anway and know what the colors stand for!

This is my issue w/ color coding by dept. For me, scrub color isn't my hill to die on (although white is SOOOO much more trouble than it's worth--stains, underwear, etc.; and I'd be ticked if it were only nursing with a color code). But I fail to see how it helps patients know who's who. My badge has a big "RN" in red, and a second tag with the words "Registered Nurse" in big block letters. They can't figure those out, but are supposed to remember which dept. wears which color?

Now I wouldn't quit over the whites issue alone, but it would have me looking at options. I had to wear all white in nursing school, and they are a pain to keep stain-free. I have enough trouble keeping up w/ my household laundry without worrying about whites. It also says unfavorable things about the employer--one, that they are comfortable dictating the attire of educated professionals, and two, that THIS issue is where they're focusing their time and effort. Not setting policy about staffing levels, not setting policy protecting bedside staff from violence, not setting policy for emergency staffing that does NOT involve working doubles, not setting policy that ensures all staff can take all of their allotted breaks, not setting policy that doesn't punish bedside staff for staying home when they are ill........but setting policy that nurses wear white. Go management. :sarcastic:

Would not quit but fight it. All white is impractical and revealing. Blues and grays seem appropriate. professional.

Specializes in Adult and Pediatric Vascular Access, Paramedic.

Nope... I would however start wearing the brightest colored thongs I could find!

Annie

Specializes in ICU.
Yep...there's a surgery for that ;)

I have yet to find any OB/GYN who will do that surgery for me... and I have asked every single one I have ever met. It's not that easy to get a hysterectomy!

But seriously, maybe I am in the minority, but I don't mind color-coded scrubs. I have worn ceil blue, navy blue, forest green, and teal at various jobs. What I DO mind is white!

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