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.

[middleagednurse]

When I graduated from nursing school nurses wore white dresses, white stockings, white nursing shoes and caps. That was just the way it was and nobody whined. The dresses had to be ironed. The shoes had to be polished. The caps had to be washed, starched, and ironed.

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

No. The problem would be self-correcting as people with well water, body fluids, etc. ruined the white uniforms and guests complained that theirwaiters and maids looked dirty, lol

I'd rebel and wear leopard-print man-thongs, though.

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.

[middleagednurse]

Plus the dresses had to be ironed, the shoes had to be polished, caps had to be washed, starched, and ironed.

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

No. The problem would be self-correcting as people with well water, body fluids, etc. ruined the white uniforms and guests complained that their waiters and maids looked dirty, lol

I'd rebel and wear leopard-print man-thongs, though.

We have specific color uniforms, nurses are ceil blue thankfully. I would however love to hear the whispering about your leopard man-thong..I wonder if anyone in management would have the balls to talk to you about it?

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

Doctors have all the power and earn about 50 times as much as we do. We should all be down on our knees kissing their doctor bums and thanking them for letting us do all the work on their behalf.

And this has absolutely nothing to do with the issue of white uniforms. There is something to be said about how medical staff is treated and the "double standards" that there are for nursing staff. However, white uniforms certainly isn't one of them. In our ER the doctors have 2 choices: professional street clothes (i.e. tie and lab coat) or black scrubs. No doctor has ever threatened to quit over their dress code.

[QuietRiot]

Yes I would! I don't look cute in white. It doesn't bring out my shape either.

I like dark colors like blues and purples.. I look really cute in purple.

If I don't look cute!

I can't work..so Yeah Goodbye Job.. Hello mom's house.

[whichone'spink, BSN, RN]

I actually liked wearing my white nursing school uniform. I looked smart, and professional, unlike what I wear now. I would quit my job for other reasons, like I'm in the process of doing now.

[Farawyn]

Meh, no, I wouldn't quit, but like QuietRiot says, my cuteness factor would plummet, which would be a shame. For everyone.

[nursel56]

No, I wouldn't quit although I agree with No Stars In My Eyes about pantyhose. Never found a brand that didn't either bag or have a waistband so tight it nearly cut me in two by the end of the day. When I started nurses still wore white, but since it was the '70s they were generally made out of godawful spongy polyester. Their only saving grace, if you could call it that, was that they were opaque.

[Libby1987]

I would quit over being required to wear a dress, But I didn't back in the day when I was.

[datalore]

I'm trying to imagine the next job interview when they ask why you left your last job...

[bethann27]

I am actually required to wear white. It makes me feel like a psych nurse (and I'm not). Takes a lot of oxyclean, clorox and under clothing to look decent. They also help me to slip into my angel nursey personna more easily than other colors.

It is universally flattering to all skin tones