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[MoonLove]

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[Rhio92]

I'm a student nurse. In my trust (nottingham) female nurses wear navy trousers and a tunic, or a dress. As a student nurse I wear navy trousers with a pale blue tunic. Theatre nurses wear scrubs, but they're not allowed to wear the scrubs outside the theatre area.

 

[jd83]

I'm not a nurse, but I do work in a hospital in the lab so can still answer this. It DOES depend where you work. Some hospitals allow staff to choose their own scrubs, some give you choices of colors depending on the department you work in, some assign you colors depending on the department you work in, and some only offer you hospital scrubs that they issue depending on the department you work in (such as nurses in Operating room, etc. They would be provided scrubs that they put on when they get to work, and then leave at work to be sanitized by hospital cleaning dept). It really varies.

The hospital I currently work in has kind of a mix. Certain departments have assigned colors so that the staff are easily identifiable, whereas other departments are allowed to choose their own. It would largely depend on the specific hospital as to the rules on this.

 

[misspriss]

How interesting! I'm in the US, so my answer probably doesn't help, but every nurse I have seen here wears scrubs. At the hospital, I'm pretty sure they are issued by the hospital and the colors vary based on what you do. Just my experience though, I think the NICU nurses had their own, colorful scrubs. But everyone scrubs. I didn't see a single dress.

Even at doctor's offices, dentists, orthodontists, everyone wears scrubs!

 

[jd83]

Just some examples of color assignments where i work:
Housekeeping: maroon
Transporter staff: brown
labor and delivery: pink/white
Operating staff: hospital provided, light blue
Cafeteria: red
One of the units is bright blue, but I'm not sure which it is.
One is navy blue, not sure which it is.

The lab so far is allowed to wear whatever scrubs we want, have been for years. But at our last meeting, they talked about possibly assigning us a color as well by the end of the year, but aren't sure when or how we'll do that as far as budgeting. Typically if they require a color, there is some sort of allowance by the department to go towards each person's uniforms since they aren't our own clothing choice.

ETA: I've never seen anyone in the US wear a dress type scrub uniform, only scrub tops and pant bottoms. Maybe mroe common in Europe?

 

[Rhio92]

In the UK, only theatre staff tend to wear scrubs It's so different to the US! I'd rather wear scrubs to be honest, hospitals are so hot, and my uniform is quite thick

 

[LoveCakes]

I'm in NI and they've brought in colour coded scrub type uniforms for the nurses with them being the same for everyone in the country. That way you will go to any hospital and identify who is who more easily. There is usually a dress option but you only see people wearing them when it's really hot as it can be difficult to do manual handling etc...

I wouldn't worry about the uniform. If you want to be a nurse people will be sick, bleed etc on you, any nurse I know just cares if it is comfortable and had pockets! There is no glamour in it but every nurse I know loves their job even if they find it hard.

 

[Lauraxamy]

My Nan was a nurse and she used to wear a blue tunic type thing and black trousers.

 

[Lau88]

In our trust all staff wear navy trousers but different tunics. Students white, nurses pale blue, sister navy, matron black and hca brown. Maternity is coded too, lilac for midwives, dark purple for sisters. Only theatre staff wear scrubs which aren't allowed to be worn outside of the changing rooms.

 

[emyandpotato]

Exactly what Rhio said! My sister is also a student nurse at Nottingham so it's the same uniform, but it's the same, or at least pretty similar, in all the hospitals I've been in. What is it that worries you about coloured trousers? The trousers are darkish blue and not tight so they're quite forgiving. Everyone going to hospital looks a mess anyway so they won't care what nurses look like.

 

[misspriss]

In our trust all staff wear navy trousers but different tunics. Students white, nurses pale blue, sister navy, matron black and hca brown. Maternity is coded too, lilac for midwives, dark purple for sisters. Only theatre staff wear scrubs which aren't allowed to be worn outside of the changing rooms.

So I was watching London Hospital, where they had probationers, nurses, sisters, and a matron. I've never heard of that elsewhere so I thought it was just the 1900 stuff, but they still have that? How interesting how different it is!

I googled UK nurses, tbh the tunics look like scrubs with a collar I don't think they are that different just prettier. Scrubs can be a bit...plain and dull.

 

[Blah11]

You don't get to pick here. It depends on your grade and job. All nursing staff here wear navy trousers and varying shades of blue tunics.

 

[MrsPear]

Our trust wears dark blue trousers and different colour top depending on role. So specialist nurse is purple, senior sister/senior charge nurse is dark blue, junior sister/charge nurse is royal blue, staff nurse is paler blue, student is white... And so on. You don't get to choose anything except whether to wear trousers or a dress.

Scrubs would just be for those needing it for infection control as they cannot be removed from the hospital or worn outdoors. eg nurses in theatres wear them and my OH is a nurse specialist and wears scrubs during procedures.

 

[Baby Bell]

All of scotland has been aligned to wear the same uniforms across the board, so you always what job the staff are your talking too. No matter what hospital.
Senior charge nurse: navy blue tunic
Staff nurse/ charge nurse/ midwife: blue tunic
Hca: light blue
Physio/dieticians/OT: Aqua Blue
Student nurse/midwife: grey tunic
Domestic/ward assistant/porters: green tunics

Everyone wears navy blue combat trousers. This is NHS only. Theatres wear green scrubs.
Private hospitals and nursing homes etc will be what they choose.

 

[steele]

In the UK, only theatre staff tend to wear scrubs It's so different to the US! I'd rather wear scrubs to be honest, hospitals are so hot, and my uniform is quite thick

I'm a nurse in Nottingham, we wear scrubs in A&E too and critical care/ICU and I think the burns unit do too. Navy blue for nurses, you may be in the basic greens if someones vommed on you/your uniform hasnt arrived

 

[Abz1982]

All of scotland has been aligned to wear the same uniforms across the board, so you always what job the staff are your talking too. No matter what hospital.
Senior charge nurse: navy blue tunic
Staff nurse/ charge nurse/ midwife: blue tunic
Hca: light blue
Physio/dieticians/OT: Aqua Blue
Student nurse/midwife: grey tunic
Domestic/ward assistant/porters: green tunics

Everyone wears navy blue combat trousers. This is NHS only. Theatres wear green scrubs.
Private hospitals and nursing homes etc will be what they choose.

I love that it is like this! SO asy to identify everyone - and if everyone is wearing basically the same thing your hardly going to stand out!?!

 

[Leliana]

Bit off topic but interested to know about the scrubs thing - I gave birth in a small local hospital (midwife led unit) and the midwives wore tunics for the most part. However, just before I delivered they changed into scrubs. I definitely wasn't in theatre though, as they don't have one at that hospital, you have to be transferred. My sister in law is training to be a midwife locally so I'll have to ask her!

 

[LoveCakes]

Main problem with scrubs though is if you get really badly sick or bled on our infection control team say the only way to take them off is to cut them off as over the head exposes you to all the germs! Most nurses I know would be out of uniforms before long

 

[MrsPear]

Bit off topic but interested to know about the scrubs thing - I gave birth in a small local hospital (midwife led unit) and the midwives wore tunics for the most part. However, just before I delivered they changed into scrubs. I definitely wasn't in theatre though, as they don't have one at that hospital, you have to be transferred. My sister in law is training to be a midwife locally so I'll have to ask her!

They would still wear scrubs because of the amount of blood and fluids and stuff, it would be for infection control. Otherwise they would have to wear so many uniforms every single shift. My OH is a nurse endoscopist so he wears scrubs for that, because of the poo etc...but it's not in theatres, you don't even have to have them done in hospital, some GP surgeries have endoscopy suites. Then when he's doing jobs other than the procedures he puts his uniform back on. x

 

[Leliana]

Bit off topic but interested to know about the scrubs thing - I gave birth in a small local hospital (midwife led unit) and the midwives wore tunics for the most part. However, just before I delivered they changed into scrubs. I definitely wasn't in theatre though, as they don't have one at that hospital, you have to be transferred. My sister in law is training to be a midwife locally so I'll have to ask her!

They would still wear scrubs because of the amount of blood and fluids and stuff, it would be for infection control. Otherwise they would have to wear so many uniforms every single shift. My OH is a nurse endoscopist so he wears scrubs for that, because of the poo etc...but it's not in theatres, you don't even have to have them done in hospital, some GP surgeries have endoscopy suites. Then when he's doing jobs other than the procedures he puts his uniform back on. x

Thank you! That definitely explains it! I thought it would probably be something along those lines but after reading here about scrubs being used in theatre it made me wonder.