I honestly have not seen a nurse in whites in years.
Our hospital has instituted new policies that nurses wear white blouses or scrub tops and “galaxy blue” scrub pants as part of a policy to help our patients know who the nurses are...the white tops or scrub tops are manditory. We can also wear all white tops, and white pants and the women can wear white dress uniforms if they want. The company has recognized in its marketing surveys that customers want nurses to be recognized as nurses and they don’t like the “wear what you like” enviroments that the hospitals have become. Thus, our hospital system has instituted uniform standards of dress for each ancillary service. Nurses are to wear white tops and “galaxy blue” pants or all white uniforms.
I can’t stand the “metro” galaxy blue coloring so I’ve gone back to all white like in the early days in my career. I find my co-workers say that all white suits me better anyway(”it seems to change you”) and the patient responses tell me that an all white uniform is an easy “foot in the door” when it comes to assessing a new patient for the first time.