The hospital I work for has a uniform policy. As nurses we wear ceil blue and/or white. I hated the idea of uniforms… At first.
Now, I kind of like the fact that each department in our hospital has a uniform.
Yeah, it surprised the hell out of me too!
It helps me know who I’m talking to or who just walked into my patient’s room. I’ve often had patients say, “the doctor said I can have something to eat!”, however I haven’t seen the docs come onto the unit. Now I’m trying to figure out who my patient was actually talking to so I can find out what was actually said. With everyone being in uniform I can ask my patients “what color uniform were they in?” I cannot tell you how many times I’ve asked that question and then find out it was xray technician that came in to do the morning portable chest xray that the patient talked to! For a lot of our patients, anyone in scrubs is a doctor.
The fact that I can identify a department just by their scrubs is a real help and as much as I hate to admit it, uniforms made things a lot easier. I only have one big complaint, THESE COLORS!!!!
I despise the ceil blue/white combo. I would really prefer a darker color. Something like a hunter green or a navy blue would work for me but it is what it is.
So tell me, what policy did you initially hate that you’ve learned to accept and perhaps even like?
Can’t think of any that stood out among the others. Policies in general were sometimes complex, outdated and ineffective and had to be rewritten! Now that took a lot of desk work time away from unit management & clinical practice with the nurses. 🎶📚 Christine
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It’s that stuff that runs managers away
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I love uniforms, as I then feel as though I’m in the hands of the experts which is reassuring. Katie
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That seems to be the consensus among patients
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I can totally relate! We changed to “the uniform policy” years back and we were all pissed. Looking back on it now, I just laugh. We all really like it now for the same reasons you mentioned. I think it looks more professional too. I feel for you on the color combination though! We wear navy and I’m happy with that. I think they should make it a solid and outlaw white! 😂
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Let’s start a petition to outlaw the white uniforms!
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