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How to Dress for Work with Kids

You're a nurse.  Work consists of scrubs, right?  Yes, that is true for the most part; but have you ever thought about what your nurse fashion sense is?  Do you know that the way you dress at work says a lot about you and how you view your job?  

When you are going about your life outside of work, it is quite likely that you spend time carefully choosing the clothing that you will wear.  Most people have some understanding that their clothes –their overall appearance – sends a message about the kind of person they are.  People with calm and nurturing personalities that go with the flow may opt for more subtle clothing.  

People with vibrant outgoing personalities may like to keep up on the latest wild fashion trends.

What does this have to do with your nurse fashion?  More than you know, especially if you work around children.  Believe it or not, studies show that children do show a preference when it comes to nurse fashion.  And you thought scrubs were just scrubs!

Those who work in Pediatric Wards typically take the most fashion risks with their nursing uniforms.  From experience, medical professionals have found ways to show their own sense of style, make their patients comfortable, and still maintain a professional appearance throughout the work day.  The trend of colorfully designed scrubs has expanded to reach all departments in the hospital and all types of private practice offices.

Children actually feel more comfortable with nurses who wear more colorful nurse fashion.  When given the choice of care from a nurse in white or a nurse with color in their uniform, children always chose the one with color.  Being faced with a doctor or nurse in all white, or even a white smock, raises fear and discomfort; while a color-wearing nurse or doctor brought more comfort and ease to the child patient.

There are other ways to ramp up your nurse fashion besides wearing comfortable and colorful scrubs.  If your fashion personality is more subdued and you like monotone uniforms, you could add a punch to your look with beaded lanyards.  Lanyards are worn by almost every nurse to carry keys or an ID badge.  With beaded lanyards, you have the option of adding more color and fun to your uniform without going over the top.

Beaded lanyards can be found online, and feature designs that range from holiday spirit to smiling children's faces.  What's best about this type of fashionable tool is that a lanyard is highly functional and also seconds as jewelry when colorful or elegant beads are featured.  And a lanyard can be worn not only in the office or the on the hospital unit; but can also second as a name badge holder when attending a nursing conference off site.

Whether you work with children or adults, your uniform shows off who you are.  You can maintain the professional attire by dressing your uniform up in inventive ways and playing with color as it suits you.  The change can make you – and your patients – feel better.

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