I've often wondered why nursing student uniforms are white. Why is that? I almost blinded myself the other day after jumping into an elevator with eight nursing students all dressed in their white nursing student uniforms. It seems like the worst color to go nursing in.
I'm sure nursing students wonder the same thing. They come to work in a hospital dressed head to toe in white. These same nursing students are managing patient care issues that often involve blood, puke, urine, feces, spit and pus. Why would any training program want their nursing students to wear a color that shows every stain?
And those white hats. Why do student nursing uniforms come with those white hats? These days, none of the American nursing students wear them out in public, except perhaps during Halloween. Occasionally, I'll see Asian nurses or nursing students shadowing their American counterparts in some sort of exchange program. The always seem to wear the white hats. I wonder why that is? I'm not sure what purpose the hat serves.
When I first started working at Happy's hospital, there was a nurse who always wore the white hat. I found it odd, but very retro at the same time. And kind of cool too.I'm not sure what the patients and families think of those old time white hats.
So, does anyone out there know why nursing student uniforms are always white?
