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Jun 05, 05
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Being a student
Sucks sometimes.
Last week at the hospital, I got told that my uniform was too short. I wear a scrub dress (i have two of them for each day of clinical i have a week). I wouldn't have had a problem with this if my instructor hadn't have come up to me and told me that three nurses told her that they thought my uniform was too short and asked her what she was going to do about it. Also, i've been at that placement for five weeks. That's ten 12 hour shifts. Why would they wait all that time before telling me that? My instructor told me that she did think my uniform was too short that that maybe I could wear the matching tna pants that I wore a few time underneath them all the time. That, or get a new pair of scrubs. A pair of scrubs that wont look like ass (be tapered at the leg or make you look like you have Hellenic Hip Syndrome) will run you about $50. I didn't want to make it an issue, so I agreed. I bought a new set of scrubs this weekend. But i'm pissed. In less than two months, I could be working with those very same nurses, and you know what? They wont be able to tell me what I can and cannot wear. Most hospitals only have dress codes now. The scrub dresses are not too short. I wore them at a different hospital for three months and had nurse after nurse ask me where I bought them from because they loved them. Also, the lady I bought the dresses from told me when I went back to her this weekend that she was surprised at the reaction because nurses back in the 60s used to wear short white dresses all the time. And no, I can't wear a dress that comes to the knee because then I wont be able to walk properly or perform certain nursing interventions. Also, being so fucking short, I can't wear a calf-length scrub uniform. And the only reason I got those stupid dresses in the first place was because I got too fat for my old set of regular scrubs and figured out that if I got dressses I could get them taken in when I lost weight, SAVING MONEY BECAUSE I'M A FUCKING POOR STUDENT. I'm so sick of all these fucking hoops I have to jump through and all the fucking ass I have to kiss. Do these bitches not realize that I will be their boss in ten years? I'll get the last laugh. I'll just kill everyone with fucking kindness until the time comes. Thanks for reading my rant. ps. i was really upset at the time and cried. i mean seriously, they would have said something before five weeks were up, right? and it would have been professional for one of them to broach the subject with me, instead of going to my instructor about it. 
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Jun 05, 05
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I have a couple friends who are also becoming nurses (Your becoming a midwife I believe?) that deal with the same type of shit. A friend of mine has a really cute pair of scrubs with a bit of a flared leg with a tiny slit at the bottom (maybe two inches max) She has worn them all year, and now they decided that they look to 'casual'.
She also gets a lot of hell from her instructer because of comments the nurses make. Its one thing to be concerned, but another to be an outright bitch. Good luck.
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Jun 05, 05
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^ i'm not going to say which hospital i'm at right now, it wouldn't be professional for me to do that after all this shittalk.
i do to ubc, though, and i'll officially be done in the first week of august. good luck getting into the program. it's four years of hard work, but if you know why you're going into it, you'll be fine. =)
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Jun 06, 05
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let us know when your convocation is, I wouldn't mind checkin it out.
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Jun 06, 05
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$50 for a scrub uniform??? Is there a Banana Republic for nursing uniforms that I should know about? :047:
Sears actually has some nice ones that you can phone in to order - pastels or regular shades - that you can try on at the store and you have the option of purchasing if you want them or not. Mark's Work Warehouse has really nice sets for $25 (with tax). They also have some nice colors and come flare legged, drawstring, cute embroidery, etc. Check those two locations out :) I have the order number for Sears if you need it. PS... I did some research just recently for bulk uniform purchase
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Jun 06, 05
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^ I have two sets from Mark's Work Wearhouse. Yeah, they're good quality and cheap, but I hate the way they're tapered at the leg.
I got a pair of Mobb ones that have flared legs and rad elastic waist bands. And a pair of pants to go with one of the scrub tops from Mark's. (the pants don't fit me anymore, but the tops still do) I know the lady at the store probably charges a bit more (that place on broadway and heather), but she's awesome and was a nurses for eons. I've heard mixed reviews about the scrubs from Sears, but maybe i'll check them out before starting my preceptorship.
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Jun 07, 05
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=/ I haven't been there for a while. Thanks, Kimmie. =)
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Jun 07, 05
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We got shafted. We're done in August, but don't convocate until November. The people who were done in April convocated in May. I'm not sure if i'll be interested in coming back for it or not. I'm hoping that not attending will give me the motivation to strive to attend another convocation in a few years when I get my Masters. But my mom might convince me to go, just so she can assemble a bunch of black people I don't know and cry, "that's mah baby!" You and Jamie will definitely be on the list. Along with Jim, Isabel, Jordan and any other of my portuguese relatives. lol When does jamie convocate?
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