What a crock of “you know what”! To say that a Nurse is not a Nurse until HE and/or SHE dons the “Virginal White ” is lunacy at its finest. Obviously, not a decision made by Nurses but rather that of bureaucrats and those not involved in the clinical setting. Citing examples of the “Cleveland Clinic”, which is a fine institution, but it is know first hand and by reputation not to be Nurse friendly…. It is Physician run, Physician focused and Physician implemented. Having to wear white in a post surgical ICU setting is costly, and difficult to maintain. The idea that a Nurse is not a Nurse until we wear white is probably one of the blunders that perplexes our Nursing world….
First, recognize that the success of your hospital depends not on the color that Nurses wear but the compassion that lays in their hearts and the Professionalism that gets exhibited in their daily care. Second,…. How about leaving the “decision making processes” on issues that affect Nurses up to the Nurses….. Pro self governance, now there’s a concept!!!!
Third…. how about recognizing that what is wrong with our health care system has little to do with what color scrubs we wear but rather , our delivery models of said health care.
Wearing virginal white is an egotistical and antiquated idea that is neither historically correct or even practical. Even “Florence Nightingale” herself saw this as the first nursing uniforms of the 19th century were blue.
Third…. how about recognizing that what is wrong with our health care system has little to do with what color scrubs we wear but rather , our delivery models of said health care.
Wearing virginal white is an egotistical and antiquated idea that is neither historically correct or even practical. Even “Florence Nightingale” herself saw this as the first nursing uniforms of the 19th century were blue.
No comments:
Post a Comment