I think the white cap and scrub is quite funny, one of my classmates wore it to school once and it was really weird. I can probably pull off the white scrubs, but the cap is a little too much for me.

We are required to wear all white as RNs. It sucks. And we have to buy them ourselves.

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@starkissed: white isn't too bad, but I guess I would like some colors now and then...

@jojodow, I think you can easily buy a white cap online, I'm not too sure where you can buy them these days. I doubt stores would still have them! :P Here's a site:

http://www.cheap-scrubs.com/html/nursing-caps.html

Thanks!

I think I like the ones with the Curved cuffs.

Kim,
How do they rate on your Cap rating scale?

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We wore the hospital issued ceil blue scrubs in the MICU, but they weren't mandatory. Now that I am going the agency route I think I will miss wearing those scrubs. They kind of made me feel like I belonged there.

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We get to wear any color scrubs that we want, but we have to wear a big green ID badge that says RN. The PCTs have badges too. The badges are pretty ugly, but it means we get to wear good scrubs

We have to wear sage green scrubs. Hospital bought 'em all though.

I worked at one hospital that required white based uniforms (designs OK, but had to be mostly white), one that had 2 patterns of printed scrubs you could choose from, one with required color scrubs (current), and then many that didn't care - just had to be scrubs.

I'm not sure which I prefer. I don't like the idea of the patients not being able to easily differentiate between staff members (RN vs. C.N.A., etc), but I also like a little bit of individuality. I do not like cartoon scrubs unless you work in peds or OB.

I do like the idea of all of us in one color - as long as we can individualize somehow (shirts underneath, shoes, etc.)

But ask me tomorrow and I'll probably have a different opinion.

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I'm on a psychiatric unit for my clinical (I'm quite scared, haha) and we all just wear street/regular clothes. It's interesting because I don't even know who's a nurse and who isn't!

As long as it's a set of 'Scrubs'... I work in 'administration' now as Care Plan Coordinator (officially: MDS Nurse) and tried to dress up a little, since I don't do 'patient care' anymore... The owner/administrator chastised me and said that she wanted 'her' "nurses to look like nurses"...

The problem is... so do the Certified Nurse Assistants, the Kitchen Staff, the Housekeepers and practially anyone else who wants to wear scrubs. Sheesh!

Oh well. I'll still be able to write off 'uniform' expenses on my taxes... I'd NEVER wear these getups outside of work! No IRS auditor would argue with me! Ah me.