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.

[DarkKnightNurse]

You never quit a job until you have another job. If wearing white bothers you that much then sure, look for another job. But I wouldn't quit until I knew for sure I had another job lined up.

[OneDuckyRN]

I wouldn't quit *only* over white scrubs, but I think I'm pretty safe from them at my current job. Our PCTs used to wear light khaki scrubs but changed to royal blue after it was discovered that the khaki was nearly as hard to keep decent-looking as white.

[Tenebrae, BSN, RN]

I think white uniforms are the dumbest idea ever. Its like a dirt magnet.

Would I quit over a white uniform, heck no!

But from what I read from the OP this is latest in a long line of management insanity

[Phoenix16, RN, MSN]

Well I think that is kind of trivial to quit your job because they are going back to the attire that nurses originally wore, don't you?

[Libby1987]

The majority of my patients are Medicare beneficiaries home from acute and rehab and If I had a dollar for everytime I've heard they can't tell the different hospital staff apart.. It's not a issue I have but from my long time perspective hospital staff don't generally do a consistent job at differentiating staff by discipline and postion.

Any medicare beneficiary at this point in time identifies nursing staff with white, even the ones who revere nurses.

Says the HH nurse who wears jeans and a henley to work and will fight to the death to keep doing so :-)

BTW, this thread has had the most funny posts!

[ArrowRN, BSN, RN]

As long as I can't see the colorful prints of some nurses underwear , I'm fine with white and occasional do wear white. A person can quit or strike but a private employer has the right to impose any uniform code they wish. We should be talking about what some of you nurses need to do to stop showing off butt cracks with them scrubs sometimes

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

One of my tops is white (Koi/Katlyn) and is very cute! I wear it with all sorts of colored bottoms and it looks very nice. It also bleaches very well and it's probably one of the cleanest uniforms I own.

They could mandate rainbow and I'd probably wear it. I love my house, car, and food too much to really care.

[HazelLPN, LPN]

Absolutely not! I still wear mine and will never give it up. I am old fashioned in that way. Its what I feel comfortable in and what I have always worn. I tried scrubs, I didnt' care for them. I felt like I was wearing pajamas. I care even less for street clothing. I still get "why do you wear that cap?"

My answer is the always the same. "Because I worked hard for it."

[Glycerine82, LPN]

Who would actually quit their job over that?

The rationale behind white uniforms when I worked LTC was that elderly people, especially those with dementia, associate nurses with wearing white, and it was helpful to them. Made sense to me. I think that's generally why places stick with it.

[dah doh, BSN, RN]

Most facilities that require a specific color or style uniform, will either provide their employees with uniforms or provide their employees a stipend for purchasing your own.

Although I'm not overly fond of white, it's not a deal breaker! Jobs can be scarce and I like where I work! I'd take my stipend and find cute white uniforms!

[mariebailey, MSN, RN]

I would love to quit over much more arbitrary things than white uniforms. The need for money keeps me grounded, however.

[MunoRN, RN]

Patients should know who their nurse is because it's the person who comes in and says "Hi, I'm your nurse, Muno", typically followed by further discussion and assessment which would establish familiarity. If a facility needs to color code their staff in order for patients and family to know who their nurse is, the lack of color coded scrubs is the least of their problems.