On 8/19/2014 9:27 AM, sf wrote:
> I guess in this day and age of nurses with advanced degrees like Nurse
> Practitioner, to RN to those with no real degree (other than some
> training in a two year college) like Licensed Practical Nurses - they
> want patients to think all nurses are alike, so they dress alike.
> Well, they aren't and their beside manner usually separates who has a
> degree from who is a pretend nurse. Since they all seem to wear
> scrubs now, I'd like to them to adopt a crystal clear military type
> method for patients to identify who is where in the ranks. Lapel pins
> don't work for me.


We spent some time in 2 different hospitals the past week and in both
places, the employees were color coded by their scrubs/uniforms. In one
hospital, all RN's wore maroon... in the other they wore blue. LPNs
wore a different color, etc.

It didn't take long to figure out who was who.

George L