Fashion

[sidsmom]

Well, it's not 1955, so.....

Doctors were able to smoke in their offices during that time, as well.

Just something to remember.

[ALRATIBA]

I do remember the white uniforms.  It's been years!

Now - scrubs are everywhere ... in hospitals and doctor's offices.  Even in the reception area.  I'm assuming that all personnel can be exposed to diseases from patients and scrubs are the most sanitay thing to wear / wash.

At my physical therapy ... only one in "civilian" clothes is the receptionist.  Everyone else wears scrubs.

[Ms tyrion2]

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@Jasmine19 wrote:

As a retired nurse and nurse practitioner, I miss the white uniforms. For one thing, patients knew you were a nurse, but most importantly, white shows dirt. Colored and print scrubs can be worn for days without washing. Yuk, just yuk.

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@Jasmine19 ,

What in the world makes you even suspect that nurses don't wear clean scrubs every day?  I have never seen anything but clean.

I am so happy nurses don't have to wear uncomfortable, sexist costumes any more.

[jeanlake]

I love scrubs and more casual, practical attire for careers. It just makes sense. No one has time to attend to a persnickety wardrobe.

Great point, sidsmom. My childhood dentist smoked a pipe while he worked on my teeth and my doc could be seen smoking in the hallway - and nurses had ashtrays in the examination rooms - 60s. I was sick all the time -- allergic to cigarette smoke. College in the 70s - if the professor lit up -- so did the students. I'd sit closest to door or open window.  

[sidsmom]

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@jeanlake wrote:

I love scrubs and more casual, practical attire for careers. It just makes sense. No one has time to attend to a persnickety wardrobe.

Great point, sidsmom. My childhood dentist smoked a pipe while he worked on my teeth and my doc could be seen smoking in the hallway - and nurses had ashtrays in the examination rooms - 60s. I was sick all the time -- allergic to cigarette smoke. College in the 70s - if the professor lit up -- so did the students. I'd sit closest to door or open window.  

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@jeanlake 

Crazy, isn't it?

Such a different time.

I started my career in the early 80's & every desk had an astray.

[cough] [cough]

[Ruby Laine]

I started out at a large hospital in 1974. By then, we could wear white pantsuits instead of a dress. They were much more practical.  

I wore my cap for less than a month. The bobby pins you had to use were a pain, and we were always catching those caps on equipment.  I had one patient who was having mental issues along with the reason he was admitted. He didn't want to be bothered and ripped that cap off my head. I was done wearing those.  

Hospitals now color code scrubs, so you should be able to know who it is coming in to your room. 

[1Snickers]

  My grandmother was a nurse. She waited in front of my house for the bus to take her to the hospital downtown. 
  I recall the white uniform, hat, shoes and white stockings. There was a navy blue cape. She looked so clean and professional. There was just a hint of Chanel number 5 about her also!🩺.
  
  

[janeec]

I was proud of my white uniform and cap.  Nurses looked like nurses  Now one cannont tell whom is whom without looking at their nametag or badge, if it is worn properly.  I did like working in the ICU when we wore scrubs.

Usually scrubs are color coded for different areas, but the colors don't designate the same areas in another hospital.  For example, I wore cranberry scrubs in the ICU.  When I did private duty for a family member in another state, and wore my scrubs, that hospital used cranberry scrubs for respiratoy therapists.  It has become more confusing for the patients.

The nurses' caps were different.  For example, some caps had 3 points, signifying the trinity.  Mine was rounded to symbolize a halo, "an angel of mercy." Some caps were so unique you could tell what nursing school the nurse attended.  Today many don't even know what a cap looks like. 

[Mom2Dogs]

My mom was a nurse, and was very proud of her all white uniform, but mostly loved her cap.

[AuntG]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

My mom was a nurse, and was very proud of her all white uniform, but mostly loved her cap.

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Me too @Mom2Dogs . I would pin it on with Bobby pins.