You cant be fashionable for nursing.

[lovehospital]

Ok so I was told by my instructor that one cannot be too fashionable in nursing.What she meant by it is that you cant have your hair down (I have a hair that is medium-lenght and layered so it doesnt really touch my neck,so I dont see the problem why cant I wear it down.Also she she mentioned something about the nails,they cant be too long.Ok I agree with this because the lenght provide the site for microorganism colonization,however why cant they be painted???It is not like it willrelease the odor which then can be offending to the patients.

Rules are rules but in the reality how many of you nurses put your hair up and wear no nail polish to work.Just curious...

[I love my cat!]

Maybe Nurses can't be not "fashionable", but a person can look neat and polished.

This to me shows Professionalism.

And yes, patients do unfortunately judge us by how we appear. I read post after post about how a patient didn't think a Nurse was competent because he/she didn't smile and call the patient by their name. I can only imagine how they are judging us on our appearance.

It doesn't make it right, but people are influenced by others appearances.

:redpinkhe

[lovehospital]

So I'm not a real nurse because I don't wear white?

No I think you are probably a very good nurse,all I'm saying is that it reminds of how the nurses looked like in the past.

[RN1982]

No I think you are probably a very good nurse,all I'm saying is that it reminds of how the nurses looked like in the past.

Thanks for that clarification.

[lovehospital]

Define "real nurse".

White uniform reminds me of neatness,being clean and professionalism,this color always have been associated with nurses,doctor, with the hospital environment.I always had the image of nurses wearing white.

[leslie :-D]

White uniform reminds me of neatness,being clean and professionalism,this color always have been associated with nurses,doctor, with the hospital environment.I always had the image of nurses wearing white.

i absolutely adore my whites, even though it's the worst color to wear.

but who doesn't think of "nurse" when they see white?

leslie

[DA314]

I have never had an image of nurses wearing white. I always think of nurses as wearing scrub tops with animals and hearts all over them. Which annoys me. What adult wears a shirt with hearts and rainbows all over it? the only proper exception is peds.

[leslie :-D]

and i still tend to wear thick cotton, white baggy cargo pants with a colored scrub top...

since most of the damage to my work clothes, are done on the upper half of my body.

and always, bright white leather clogs...

sometimes i wear my uggs.

they're so darned comfortable.

leslie

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

i absolutely adore my whites, even though it's the worst color to wear.

but who doesn't think of "nurse" when they see white?

leslie

Thinking "nurse" is one thing. Thinking "real nurse" is something else entirely, as it has the implication that people who don't wear white are not "real nurses".

[leslie :-D]

Thinking "nurse" is one thing. Thinking "real nurse" is something else entirely, as it has the implication that people who don't wear white are not "real nurses".

i'm talking about an image to the consumers/pts...

and i honestly don't think they distinguish betw nurse and real nurse.

not following you, borta.

leslie

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

i'm talking about an image to the consumers/pts...

and i honestly don't think they distinguish betw nurse and real nurse.

not following you, borta.

leslie

This:

I adore white scrubs/uniform because it reminds me of how a real nurse looks like/dont take it the wrong way.

engendered several comments, including mine, requesting her to clarify what she meant by "real nurse".

OT:

I wish I'd never changed my nick...no one remembers poor old Bortaz. Darn that capitalized Z.

[leslie :-D]

This:

engendered several comments, including mine, requesting her to clarify what she meant by "real nurse".

OT:

I wish I'd never changed my nick...no one remembers poor old Bortaz. Darn that capitalized Z.

ah, and i was going to address you as bortaz, too.

ok, i see where you're going...

i honestly don't think lovehospital meant anything personal by her comment.

it's just that anyone i think, would identify a hospital worker in white, as a nurse.

that has always been the long-standing image...

one's self-identity can never threatened, unless one doesn't feel secure in the first place.

dang, i could wear burlap to work, and nobody will ever tell me i'm not a nurse, or real nurse.

i'd have to laugh.

leslie

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

Yeah, I should never have capitalized the Z.

Part of the deal was, she started this thread griping about dress requirements in her environment, then went on to make that "real nurse" comment, and it just made several of us question her POV.

To me, it sounded kind of hypocritical. "Don't tell me how to wear my hair, but real nurses only weaar white@!"