why do female psych nurses have to wear uniform when males don't?

starflake · 2012-12-16 15:25:12

Hi all, I'm not sure if I'm in the right place; I was just wondering does anyone know why female psychiatric nurses have to wear uniforms? Male psychiatric nurses can wear a shirt and pants but women have to wear full nursing uniform.. When psychiatric nurses are training both men and women have to wear them so what…

16-12-2012 04:25PM

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starflake

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Hi all,

I'm not sure if I'm in the right place; I was just wondering does anyone know why female psychiatric nurses have to wear uniforms? Male psychiatric nurses can wear a shirt and pants but women have to wear full nursing uniform.. When psychiatric nurses are training both men and women have to wear them so what changes once they qualify?

Thanks

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#2 16-12-2012 04:32PM

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they don't have to. many choose to do so for convenience.

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#3 16-12-2012 08:30PM

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So you can tell who's the patient...

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#4 17-12-2012 11:24PM

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resus wrote: »

So you can tell who's the patient...

Yeah but again, the male nurses don't have to wear them... So if a female nurse arrived in in a blouse and pants that would be ok?

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#5 18-12-2012 02:35AM

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starflake wrote: »

So if a female nurse arrived in in a blouse and pants that would be ok?

In my experience, yes.

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