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.

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

Somebody working in a hospital somewhere, who probably never did bedside nursing, decided that the customer liked color coding best. Or maybe the customer, after a three day stay in the hospital, once in five years, answered a questionnaire about the color of uniforms.

As I posted earlier, I really don't care what color I wear. But the closer my own facility gets to that place, the more resentful I find myself. It's really soured my mood.

Why would a boss deliberately antagonize half their work force?

[Trinity-RN]

One reason I wouldn't quit is because I wouldn't mind throwing my uniform in a steaming hot washer full of bleach. I like bleach- it's a very good disinfectant and sanitizer. I wouldn't mind wearing a hat either except that it would probably get knocked off in my job because I have to stoop down and wipe up blood spills and move cords and hoses from behind the machines and chairs (dialysis). Plus I'm not sure if it would give me a headache. I get aggravated about my stethoscope on my neck, weighing on my shoulders, or slipping off and getting hung up in my jacket etc.

[nursefarrah]

Yes, I would quit.

[CHESSIE]

If, prior to my retirement, I had been made to wear white, again, as I did when I first entered nursing in the mid 1950s, I would have complied, as long as I, and my coworkers, were given sufficient staff. I wonder if the quid pro quo would have worked? Caps, would be another story, as due to the meds that I must take, my hair is way too thin to keep a cap in place.