Time Has Changed a Little, and a Lot.

A friend of mine went as an outpatient to a clinic for a small surgical procedure. I went in the back with them while they were being prepared for their appointment with the surgeon and was surprised at the nurses in the back, both men and women. The scrubs of old were gone and all these new, colorful scrubs were everywhere, even with the male nurses. I remember as a child that the hospital was white and the world had colors and that was that. White was the ONLY thing that was clean and sterile to wear. Looking at the female nurses, the last thing I would have thought was that they were women's scrub uniforms, mainly because of the way they fit and how they looked. They looked like vacation clothes. I even saw a surgical nurse wearing olive green scrubs. I asked her if they were comfortable and she said that the old style was okay but the newer ones breathed a lot better because of the breathe-ability of the natural fabric as opposed to the synthetics of the past. Since my wife has always been a scrub fan, back to the day when it was fashionable
to where them out to do things, I asked her wear I could get some. She told me they got theirs from an online shop at http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/. I thought this was a great idea because they're always looking for some new ways to lift the spirits of the patients. Nothing looks more depressing than everyone in the same scrubs, besides it's easier to remember who has charge of you(eg. "could you get the nurse in the yellow design?").

I really feel for the patients in the recovery area where family or close friends tend to be while the patients come back around for the trip home. This is a tough time for most patients since they usually have an IV in one arm, an oxygen cannula in their nose, and they're trying desperately to keep their mind off of what they just went through. Who wants to see an uncomfortable nurse in a sterile white uniform next to them, it starts making you think there might be something not right going on.

Even if they made some of the older styles with better fabrics that would be a plus for them. Remember that service people service better when they feel better! There was even one nurse with scrubs flare pants on, which I thought was pretty cool since I grew up in the flared jeans days. It may seem a small issue to some but little things add up when it comes to patient morale. I say "why not?".