Hi, Carrie.  I went through the very same issues.  My husband and I thought
it important for me to distinguish myself in my appearance.  I wore street
clothes and a lab coat when I first started working for my department.
Some nurses complained to my boss that I dressed too, casual--and at times
I did.  If I wore scrubs, then people would comment that I "looked like one
of them" (which let me know that they didn't like me wearing street
clothes).  I finally decided that scrubs were easier and less expensive
than dry cleaning.  I bought new scrubs, and within the week my VP told me
that I needed to stop wearing scrubs and to distinguish myself.  Great!  I
started wearing street clothes again, and 3 months later I got a new boss
in the Maternal Child Health Dept.  Everyone in the dept. wears scrubs--
including my boss--at some time or another.  I just decided I would
continue.  It's much easier for me.  I did find that patients got off the
phone quicker when I came in the room with a lab jacket, but they really
don't care what I wear as long as I help them breastfeed.

Joyce Coleman, RN, IBCLC

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