Nurses: about when you they stop wearing dresses?

[roliepolieoliefan]

Was watching and old movie where the nurses wore dresses and the hat (think that showed what school they attended).

About when did the go to scrubs?

I wore a cap and whites for my first job in 1989.

Some floor nurses where i work still wear whites.
I wear blue scrubs in the surgery center I work in..
We wear plain clothes and change at the hospital. They launder our scrubs also. I'm glad i dont have to bring them home anymore.

 

[RN jld]

So glad I missed that era of nursing, having to wear a skirt and hose would have discouraged me from becoming a nurse. I much prefer the blue hospital scrubs we have to wear on my unit, plus not having to was my work clothes is awesome

 

[low-key]

them were the days

 

[jaminmd]

So glad I missed that era of nursing, having to wear a skirt and hose would have discouraged me from becoming a nurse. I much prefer the blue hospital scrubs we have to wear on my unit, plus not having to was my work clothes is awesome

Nevermind. I thought I read "not having to wear clothes" LOL.

 

[Fire14]

I never owned a nursing cap ( waste of money IMO). I owned/wore white scrub pants and tops as student nurse. I now wear whatever Disney Scrubs I own, I do have white scrub pants that I do wear but I wear a colored top and a print jacket usually. The local nursing school still makes their students Buy nursing caps, only time I ever see them worn is professional picture. I kinda wonder how many burn the caps on graduation night.

 

[okeydokey]

Hey Monkeyboy!

 

[Disney Doll]

Never wore the cap afetr graduation in 1983.
Would oocasionally wear skirts, probably till about 1988 or so.
The went to scrubs...all white.
Went to colored scrubs probably in the mid 90s.
Now we are going back to Nursing wearing navy scrubs...patients complaining that they don't know who's who.

Not sure why, if we are going to one color, that it isn't white. For all the eyars I wore white, it was easy to keep clean. If it got dirty or soiled you could bleach it and it would be nice & white again. Every top matched every bootom.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Never had a cap in the 80s. If I'd had to wear one it would have discouraged me from becoming a nurse, too. (Not a hat person at all!) Did have to wear white dresses with our college patch on the arm, which was fine. We did have a pinning ceremony but by popular class vote, wore regular clothes (which seemed a little strange, and sorely disappointed my mother, lol). Remember wearing white kulottes (?sp) as a student nurse to work. Soon after I started work I wore blue scrub dresses sometimes, then blue scrubs. Or sometimes mixed it up with colored scrubs. I don't remember the last time I saw anyone in a dress - maybe once in a while in the OR. Most student nurses I see now wear colored scrubs with their school patch on the arm. I always tell them how lucky they are. So strange, but I can't relate to the cap at all. I did really like my school pin, and the pins I've gotten for milestones at work.

 

[dakcp2001]

Never wore the cap afetr graduation in 1983.
Would oocasionally wear skirts, probably till about 1988 or so.
The went to scrubs...all white.
Went to colored scrubs probably in the mid 90s.
Now we are going back to Nursing wearing navy scrubs...patients complaining that they don't know who's who.

Not sure why, if we are going to one color, that it isn't white. For all the eyars I wore white, it was easy to keep clean. If it got dirty or soiled you could bleach it and it would be nice & white again. Every top matched every bootom.

They tried white on our floor and everyone rebelled. Hard nowadays to find good scrubs that are not see through. Some of the young ins were wearing leopard undies etc. didn't last long. Now each role wears a certain color. Patients are educated upon admission. Then again with each interaction. There are welcome packets that describe roles and colors, and we hot name-tags that say RN in huge letters. And with all of that, in exit surveys patients still don't know. The colors don't help.

 

[dakcp2001]

They tried white on our floor and everyone rebelled. Hard nowadays to find good scrubs that are not see through. Some of the young ins were wearing leopard undies etc. didn't last long. Now each role wears a certain color. Patients are educated upon admission. Then again with each interaction. There are welcome packets that describe roles and colors, and we hot name-tags that say RN in huge letters. And with all of that, in exit surveys patients still don't know. The colors don't help.

Just thought I would add, even with the solid colors, there are still problems with appropriate attire. Some of the girls on my floor have been spoken to for wearing low riding pants and high riding undergarments. Too tight and too low cut tops etc.

 

[ohiomom28]

Really? I have never in 36 years of nursing thought to strip outside and leave my shoes at the door. and *gasp!* I washed my scrubs and uniforms with the family laundry. It hasn't seemed to hurt any of us.

I wash mine with regular laundry too. I also wear my shoes outside of work. I work in an MR/DD facility, so its a little different than a hospital.

There is a LTC facility that I did clinicals in and they require their nurses to wear caps still.

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[teller80]

Now each role wears a certain color. Patients are educated upon admission. Then again with each interaction. There are welcome packets that describe roles and colors, and we hot name-tags that say RN in huge letters. And with all of that, in exit surveys patients still don't know. The colors don't help.

I can see that. When my son was in the hospital, my mind turned to mush, there was soooo much new info to process the last thing I wanted to do was learn color coded employees.

 

[Lindaland]

them were the days

Really???? You have no idea how wrong this is!!! If this were not a "Disney" post, I would so rip you a new a**hole!!!

 

[Lindaland]

Caps are disease sponges.... how are you supposed to wash them?? As for skirts, you squat down to empty a foley while some family member is asking questions while trying to keep your knees together. Also if you can't tell the difference between someone emptying your garbage and someone giving you medication, you have more problems than you thought!! I think it is very sexist to assume that nurses are there for any other reason than to provide health care. We are NOT porn stars!!! We are there to provide care, in an adult and respectful manor. Please try to be an adult when you are in a hospital!! We are usually married and have no interest in you outside of taking your medication and completing your course of treatment!!

 

[SueM in MN]

Never had a cap and the only dress I wore was my student nursing uniform, which was actually a culotte dress.
I had a white pantsuit, but my nursing jobs did not require a uniform. In my current job, I wear street clothes and a white lab coat.

A lot of places actually stopped requiring wearing caps in the 70s and, even if white uniforms were worn, they were often pantsuits.

 

[dakcp2001]

Really???? You have no idea how wrong this is!!! If this were not a "Disney" post, I would so rip you a new a**hole!!!

I am with you. Those pictures are absurd and in no way represent anything even close to professional nursing.

 

[hops&dreams]

My mom wore nurses whites into the 2000's. She wore the dresses until late 80's, and they were given the ok to switch to pants/scrubs, but RNs still had to be in white.

She retired in the early 2000's.

My dad always wore Dr's/surgical scrubs. He was a nurse in the OR, ER, and ICU.

My sister wears whatever - sometimes cute scrubs, sometimes surgical ones. She's a transplant coordinator (RN that functions as donor's doctor to prepare the donor for organ donation surgery). Her big thing is fun scrub caps... she has TONS of cute ones.

(yes, I'm the only one in my immediate family that is not a nurse. Out of all first cousins, there are only 4 of us who are not nurses - And 15-20 who are!)

 

[Kellydelly]

The hospital I work in now has all Nurses on the floors in navy blue scrubs. All supportive personnel in burgundy, respiratory in black. We all have giant name tags that state RN or whatever our job title is.

Exact same dress code where I work, wonder if it is the same hospital system?

I don't strip in the doorway or leave my shoes outside, I just don't wear them past the front door . If I worked with trach patients a lot I think I would change my habits. I have seen a few older nurses still wear skirts or dresses, but they are navy, not white.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I like seeing the white dresses, hoes, shoes and hat. I always thought they look so "angel" like.

 

[mhsjax]

I have an incredible respect for the nursing profession, so when I say this, don't be offended.

I think that the white dress, shoes, and cap really dumb down the nursing profession. I see what nurses do, they have a very demanding job and I don't think a cute little white dress and hose allow all the tasks that nurses really do. And make them appear truly as a little helper for the Dr, which I know very well isn't the case.