I recently posted this question on a nurses discussion board and I'm already receiving some very varied opinions. Basically I asked if nurses felt more respect from patients, patient families, governments and even supervisors when they wore white uniforms.
Indeed some feel insulted, or like a "student" yet others immediately noted how patients referred to them as the "real nurse".
Could the disrespectful behavior of patients toward nurses (and might I add visa versa) change if we brought back an easily identifiable nurse symbol, like a white uniform, or is this bitterness (from everyone) just a sign of todays stresses in the world?
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