Ha! I think the blue is kind of boring. Having worked in hospitals I immediately wonder if colors are department preferences - like pink for maternity and black surgery. Multi-colored pediatrics. As I mentioned my PA’s coral gave me an opening for rapport and was just different. I just read that in France they tend to wear casual street clothes - at least the GPs in private offices.
Your Link above doesn’t work I wanted to see you & your husband. Thank you for your dedication, sorry for your 26 hours on call , in the U.S. our residents are no longer on call for 26 hours .
As a resident, I once had to call in my attending urgently when a patient arrived in cardiac arrest. He was gardening at the time, so he arrived in jeans (they were clean). The patient was saved. The family had the gall to complain that the attending physician was not dressed “professionally”!!!
My obgyn came to emergency C-section in jeans and flannel. He got back from vacation for my delivery on my due date. Instead of judging him I was more than happy to see him and glad he was there.
I judge a doctor on their bedside manner, and how they distill information to me as a concerned patient. I couldn't care less what color their clothes are.
As someone who is happy they can choose to wear black scrubs over blue, I can't imagine thinking they might know less because they wore black. I could see people maybe connecting it to morbidity due to our association with black and death so maybe that has something to do with it?
At the hospital I work at, each person is supposed to wear a certain color to show what their position is (navy for nurses, grey for techs, teal for respiratory, etc.). I think, in this scenario, different colors can be really handy! As nurse, my only request would be that doctors choose a color different from the one assigned to others to prevent confusion 😅
Yeah, a hospital I went to as a kid did this, but at least in the ER there was only four colors (at least I only saw four colors). Docs were one color, then imaging, non medical, everyone else. It was quite nice, you could guess what the person in your room was there for.
So true! I worked at an animal hospital in high school, and we wore color coded scrubs as well. I was an VA/ERA, so my color was maroon. Thurs were grey or grey and pink for breast cancer awareness (one of our coworkers had breast cancer), and then Sat were your choice
I'm pretty sure my hospital does this, too (to an extent). It's even one of the security measures with NICU and newborn nurses having a special color so that they are easily identifiable
I think black scrubs are just really sophisticated looking. The color black is also very good at hiding bodily fluids 😅. I know I don’t want to see my doctor with stains all over their light colored scrubs.
Actually, that's one of the reasons blue scrubs are super important - this colour was chosen because of its contrast with the colour red, meaning any bleeding from the patient is obvious.
I just wish you were the doctor at every one of my appointments. Would make me much more happy to go to the hospital! That smile is more comforting than a sunrise!
Now that I think about it, my neurosurgeon wore navy blue scrubs the day of my surgery. I can’t believe people judge based on the color of scrubs. I already trusted him.
I don’t judge anyone based on the color of anything. Honestly the scrubs thing has never crossed my mind. If you treat me respectfully I will do the same and I am always just grateful for good drs and nurses.
in my area ERs, scrub color depends on the position you hold. ER techs wear baby blue, paramedics wear royal blue, nurses wear navy blue, and doctors wear black. as an EMT seeing these people all the time I’ve never actually put any thought into their scrub colors, it just makes it easier to identify who exactly I’m speaking to when handing off patients. I judge skill and trustworthiness based on my interactions with them lol.
In Oz, cleaning staff wear one colour, nurses wore another colour, doctors wore a different colour and food people wore another colour. Interesting that this Dr thinks all people watched Grey's Anatomy. I don't have a TV.
As a RN who has spent my whole career in the NICU I had to wear a special shade of blue specifically purchased through the hospital and no other departments could wear that color it was to help parent’s identify the NICU nurses from the L&D etc but I personally love black scrubs. My kids dentist office wears black scrubs and I love the clean classic look. But that’s just me.
If I’m dying and need help, I don’t care if the doctors and nurses helping me are wearing lobster costumes or their freaking birthday suits for that matter… BRING IN THE PADDLES!!! 😂
@@truisticprince I was just about to comment when I saw yours. Yes I was thinking birthday suits. If I'm dying, might as well have a good last look. Also couldn't hurt the trauma induced delirium content ;) [p.s. previously had delirium & wish it was like this. It was GRIMDARK]
I worked in a plasma donation center where everyone wore the same color scrubs but the color changed daily. Mondays Navy, Tuesdays Teal etc. This was to ensure employees were wearing clean scrubs daily and was required by the inspecting bodies the center answered to.
I agree, only had one issue. Anesthesiologist who's cap was white with what looked like a Rorschach in blood. Very unsettling last sight before I passed out lol They did a great job, my body didn't like breathing while under! Stupid body I love a tech - doc whom expresses their fun side someway. Gives me a talking point or just a smile knowing they are happier at work
Agreed. I always got fun scrubs if allowed especially when I worked in pediatrics. I would get ones with known characters and the kids would always get super excited about it and warm up to me quickly :)
I never really thought about the color of my doctor's scrubs. I always thought hospitals picked the color of the scrubs their staff wears. However, I can see why black scrubs might not be people's favorite color. I'm not sure why people might think that doctors wearing black scrubs are less knowledgeable. Although, I think black is a poor choice of color for scrubs. Black is usually the color associated with death. Do you really want your doctor looking like the Grim Reaper? I have a habit of firing my doctors. Regardless, of what color their scrubs are, I find many of them to be arrogant know it alls that think they're better than the patients they treat because they have fancy degrees. However, now that I've had a chance to think about it, I'd probably fire a doctor wearing black scrubs on sight. Given the situation, I think it's in poor taste to wear that color.
I read a study years ago which showed that parents of sick children put greater trust in their doctors if they were wearing long white coats, and less if they were wearing scrubs. Scrubs would be preferable for infection control!
Did you know that you're often encouraged to wear blue if you are supposed to testify? Blue supposedly makes you appear more trustworthy. I wonder if that is also why blue scrubs have a similar affect 🤔
Interestingly, scrubs only came in 3 colors when I was a new nurse grad. A medium blue, green and White. The Blue was mostly for non licensed or non supervisory staff. Docs, nurses (a white scrub dress for the 99+% of nurses that were female) wore white. OR (operating room) wore green, in OR only.
I think there is a deeper reason. In the Western society, Black is often associated with negative things like death and then add a hint of our racist past, we all know why colour black maybe seen as a negative thing. It is like in how in other countries with strong anti-women ideologies fear of female MDs or Pilots. I read cases where men would walk off a plane because there was a female pilot. Same idea, but with colours.
The only time I've judged anyone by the color of their scrubs was in a facility that color coded based on job. It was pretty much doctors, imaging, non medical, everyone else. So I was literally just using the color to guess what they were there for. Green? You're probably transport and about to take me to get some sort of test. Gray? Probably blood or vitals. I can't imagine judging someone's intelligence based on the color they were wearing.
Grey's has a great black scrubs screen with Jo.Wilson Blue is seen as more authoritative & powerful it's also strongly associated with reliability & responsibility
My PA-C was wearing a shade of coral or something, not quite as red as yours, and I really liked that! It was different. Today she just had attractive casual street clothes (it’s Friday, end of day), with her hair down and I loved the informalness. Easy rapport. But it’s each to their own and the US seems to prefer a “professional” look.
I only wore navy blue - except when teaching clinicals (then all white). That was long before - and long since Gray’s Anatomy (which, was the name of the go to anatomy book in many colleges long ago).
In Arizona most of the hospitals have all employees wear color coded scrubs. Nurses are all in navy blue. Er docs are teal, pink is ob, etc. it's really helpful when you are a patient to know who is who when they come into your room.
I know this is slightly different, but I know that for when I've had to take my cat in for procedures, it's been comforting when the vet techs wear scrubs with a cat-related pattern, not only because the pattern makes me smile but also it assures me that they loves cats as much as I do and will take good care of my baby! When I'm the patient, I enjoy when the medical staff wear colorful scrubs (meaning something other than mint green or dark colors like navy or black) because the bright colors cheer me up :) Beyond that, I'm not sure I've ever noticed any feelings of judgment regarding the scrub colors
As a person with a chronic health condition, I'm in and out the hospital all the time. I live in the southern part of the United States. The Medical Assistant wear the navy blue scrubs and the RN, NP, and PA wear the light blue scrubs usually. All the other different color scrubs depend on the department there in. Our doctors usually wear regular clothes underneath their white coat. Male doctors wear shirt and tie and female usually wear a nice blouse and slacks. When the doctors decide to wear scrubs, it's usually the same color as the nurse practitioners and and the nurse practitioners sometimes wears a white coat. I guess it does not matter, because they all wear a badge with their picture, name, and MA, RD, CDE, LPN, RN, NP, PA, DO, MD, and so on.
I feel like this is more social than anything. The reason I say that as a doctoral student, I have found several different studies that talk about people being influenced by mass media, and it how it changes our society as a whole either quickly or over time.
I had a lovely doctor in a&e who had black scrubs. What made me like her was seeing how empathetic and caring she was with all the mental health patients in our area (like 80% of all of waiting in this one bay) even when they were rude or hard to treat. Then when she listened to me and asked for my advice when I explained how I have complex medical issues and many chronic and some rare conditions. She had heard of most of them but never treated someone with all of them and asked what we had done in the past when I had had similar incidents to what had landed me there that night. She also spoke to me and listened when I explained I was deaf and so long as she spoke clearly and at me, I could lip read- so many people don’t do this and ignore me. For these reasons she got an email of thanks sent the department and I got one back saying it would be put in her file and could I fill out a form for something to do with her being a junior doctor. Colour of scrubs doesn’t make a difference to me, I will read body language as they approach me and in the first few seconds and can usually tell if they’re going to be good or not.
I rarely notice what a doctor is wearing unless it really stands out. I do know that my fertility clinic does blue scrubs though (not navy). Their scrub caps, though, are epic! I think they get to choose their own scrub cap. My RE wears one with colorful vegetables and avocados and whatnot on it. One of his assistants had one with cartoon embryos. One of the embryologists had one with unicorns. I don't get to see the scrub caps except during major procedures, but when I'm in for a retrieval or transfer, those caps make my day!
This got me thinking to all of the different color scrubs I've seen (in person at the doctor/hospital) and I can only remember seeing some shade of blue
Hey Siobhan! That's crazy and yes I think TV has influenced these shenanigans LOL I like the color you have on! I've always seen surgeons wearing black scrubs where I'm from!!! Sooooo...LOL Thanks for bringing this to the light for us!!!! Cheers!
I personally prefer nice light colors. Now as someone in the med field, light colors get dirty so damn fast. BUT the light colors bring in some nice visual stimulation to patients and offer a decent distraction. Bonus points for patterns. Lol
Shades of blue are perceived as calming and "official". Most of the medical people I've dealt with lately were wearing sage-green scrubs, or purple scrubs. I own some purple scrubs, because it was the only way I could buy comfortable, well-fitting clothes with pockets.
In my town, the ones in black scrubs are respiratory therapists, and you can see them smoking in the shack at the edge of the parking lot. The ones in dark blue scrubs are at the veterinarian's office. So much for Gray's Anatomy
As a UM/UR nurse I make good doctors rich and bad doctors poor. I can’t speak to scrubs but can tell you with 20 years of doing this the good docs didn’t go to Ivy League schools.
I would never judge the doctor based on the color of their scrubs now when I'm in the hospital it's nice to see people wearing brighter colored scrubs and you know more fun looking scrubs cause it just kind of Cheers me up I don't know why but i would never judge on their knowledge by the type of scrubs or color I have to speak with the nurses and doctors and base it on my own experience and then I have to look back at oh Hey maybe they just really didn't know what was going on you know and every case is different so You have to put a lot of things in the consideration before you judge a nurse or a doctor peruid lol
Blue gives a sense of calm and trust worthiness (psychology here) where as the color black gives ominous secretive mysterious vibe lol I can go all day about how people see colors and what colors make people feel what
I’ve worked in healthcare in paperwork for a long time and also as a patient, it may be a cultural difference from Canada but in the US if a doctor who isn’t doing procedures/surgery is wearing scrubs one wonders if they’re trying to be a tv doctor or something. Nurses and techs can wear scrubs though. Never give the color a thought since a lot of times the color is selected by the institution and not the person.
I think it really depends on the specialty. Like most of the docs in my pediatricians office wore scrubs, but kids have a habit of getting bodily fluids on others so that makes sense. Some facilities just have everyone in scrubs.
Oooo I never thought of the possibility for the first question! I would say it's been so weird as to people associating looks for intelligence. Black is more used to be fashionable when you don't know what to wear. And blue may have a cleaner look
I believe it has to do with the media. I personally don’t watch TV or go on Instagram very often, and I judge a Physician based on their professionalism, ability to communicate, and their overall clinical skills. That said, I (as many do) partly judge a Physician based on their way of dressing because I tells me that if they take time to take care of themselves, they’re more likely to take care of me the same way. Depending on their shift location (like the ER) I can overlook it. But when it’s in a clinic setting or at least where coming into body fluids is unlikely, I do appreciate a Physician that dresses with a shirt and tie. If they wear a suit, I honestly feel more comfortable that they know the answers. If he/she is wearing scrubs, I actually enjoy black or navy more than expressive colors because it conveys a seriousness that shows respect.
The color of Scrubs used to have a meaning. When I was a kid. But nowadays I just don't know anymore. That said, I can understand the Grey's Anatomy thing. I think when I was a kid the colors worn in the hospital meant things like doctor, nurse, housekeeping, respiratory, x-ray, orderly, volunteer, whatever. I can't think of more examples. Maybe if I went to the same hospital all the time. But I live in the US and I don't have insurance so I don't go to the hospital. I guess it's a good thing that asthma meds have improved a great deal since I was a kid. I was intubated twice by the age of 23. I have seen hospitals in many different states while on vacation. But in this century I have not been able to go to the hospital. The last time I was in an ER was in 1999 after a Thanksgiving dinner in a very large room with no carpeting and no upholstered furniture and one poodle. Don't tell me they are hypoallergenic. I had had several run-ins with that poodle and every time, I got sick. Repeatedly. To the point I had to leave. My own poodle was only half poodle and I thought maybe that was it. I was in bed for 2 weeks and after that he was gone. Like all my other pets. But I did not want this dog. I did not want to go through the cycle again. Turns out my mother didn't want the dog either. But somehow she did not say no to the person who wanted to give it to me. I was not present for this discussion at all. And it was 30 years later that I even learned she was the one who did not say no. My mother didn't like pets. My mother didn't like it when I was half dead from asthma. Neither one of those things! But she couldn't say no. When I moved to her house in Florida, which previously put me in the ER two nights in a row in the '80s, we ripped out the carpeting. It seems to have helped. Also lots of asthma meds.
I think I remember hearing somethin’ about colours and how they affect psychology. Orange creates aggression while robin’s egg blue and green creates a calming effect. The same way red can be associated with anger, passion and blood.
Breast Cancer patient here who is in a Doctors office, In some Machine or Hospital every week for years now. The only thing I judge is my dislike of Hospital Administrator's rules about attire and looks. Judging their ability to be a healthcare provider based on hair, tattoos, scrub colors, piercing is outdated by decades. They are over worked, understaffed, let them be themselves aka a dedicated compassionate person. They put up with a lot to help us let them have pink hair, flowers inked down an arm or an extra ring somewhere! ***There is no negative impact to my care from that but there is a potential loss of a positive factor to their mental health. Even if you wouldn't chose it, don't judge your care providers for finding a little bright spot in the day by doing something for themselves to feel good.
I didn't think the color of scrubs made a difference until I have been in an office that wore pink ( bright pink ! ) once a week. It presents a more friendly, warm & energetuc vibe. I don't know about pink on men though but a different shade of pink will do. :) Black, blue, gray. etc. never gave it much thought. I tbink generally, the color meant more to the wearer. Influenced by Greys? I don't think so. What stood out from that show is who is hooking up with whom. :)
The two hospitals I was debating between to work at I would have been required to wear navy blue at one or black at the other. I went with the black but it's crazy those were the two colors you mentioned
I prefer light green and blue. But yeah I agree that I don’t like when people wear black scrubs! Ha, I don’t know why. Maybe because they are too dark to show stains, and if my healthcare provider has fresh stains, I’d like to know.
My anesthesiologist wore black scrubs and he told me that I needed to lose weight or I would get diabetes........I had just given birth to my daughter and just needed him to clear me to go home if I was coherent I would have raised hell
I am scared of medical professionals that wear black scrubs...they look like death to me 💀🏴☠️💀 So if my anesthesiologist wore black, I would be scared I would never wake up again
The system in Australia has different doctors wearing different colours to identify them. Junior Medical Officers and Registrars wear a green-turquoise colour while Advanced Trainees who are the doctors studying within the specific area they are in to become consultants wear dark blue scrubs. Normally our ED doctors wear black scrubs. Our Allied Health staff have access to an aqua-bluey colour scrub shirt.
Most of my doctors don't even wear scrubs, at least the ones I get to choose! In the hospital, some of them do, but when I see doctors in their office, they typically don't.
I really don't see too many scrubs anymore. Then again, I'm not in hospital or the doctor's office too much. I thought maybe color of scrubs might be a way to color code, so to speak. I have really seen blue pretty often, though. Some professionals have really cool patterned ones that you can sew yourself.
Anyone with fun patterned scrubs is someone I perceive as someone who will listen and not talk down to me, and also appreciate the extra jokes I make when I'm nervous. It is usually nurses who wear them though
The color blue has been known as a calming, trusting color. Most servers have to wear black trousers and shirts working in a restaurant. I thought most hospitals had color coded the staff uniforms.
I know I personally feel better, more confident, and comfortable when in navy blue over the hospitals light blue so maybe that thinking can be transferred to the patients thought process
It's a deep seated Societal Synaethesia. I never thought of it before you mentioned it, but instantly could relate to the Black vs. Blue vs. Dark Blue scrubs as it pertained to a doctor's skill level. Maroon probably looks nearly the best, but I wouldn't associate it with a high skill level ( even though I associate you with a high skill level after seeing some of your past videos ). It's a very weird effect !
I'm a Mental Health Technician. I wear gray scrubs. I have had numerous people stop me in public and they have asked me what I do. After telling them, it seems to be a pattern that people tell me "thank you for your service." I think Covid may have had a lot of effect, and people understand how important, and how much we in healthcare do for people. Whether you are a housekeeper, or a brain surgeon. I never knew what color of scrubs, meant what position a person works until I started working in a hospital.
Scrubs used to be white (so they could be bleached like everything else at the time) but then beach sage fabric meant you could match O.R. lighting against the fabric meant green or blue reduced eye fatigue. Bluish scrubs seem to be best with fluorescent lighting and green was better with halogen/xenon type bulbs. I haven’t seen LED OR lighting yet but they will put off a lot less heat
Check out my BLUE scrubs in action for 26 hours on call with my husband! ua-cam.com/video/0Pq1GUFRK5Y/v-deo.html
Ha! I think the blue is kind of boring. Having worked in hospitals I immediately wonder if colors are department preferences - like pink for maternity and black surgery. Multi-colored pediatrics.
As I mentioned my PA’s coral gave me an opening for rapport and was just different. I just read that in France they tend to wear casual street clothes - at least the GPs in private offices.
Send me any color scrub doctor. The color does not matter.
In all fairness, black and red do a decent job of hiding blood stains.
I do. Ihad a doctor who had hunting camo and I didn't trust him. I was justified in my mistrust.
Your Link above doesn’t work I wanted to see you & your husband. Thank you for your dedication, sorry for your 26 hours on call , in the U.S. our residents are no longer on call for 26 hours .
As a resident, I once had to call in my attending urgently when a patient arrived in cardiac arrest. He was gardening at the time, so he arrived in jeans (they were clean). The patient was saved. The family had the gall to complain that the attending physician was not dressed “professionally”!!!
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My obgyn came to emergency C-section in jeans and flannel. He got back from vacation for my delivery on my due date. Instead of judging him I was more than happy to see him and glad he was there.
maybe he should have changed and then the patient could have died instead. 🙂
What bunch of ungrateful air-heads. They should be forced to publicly carry a sign around their necks for a month straight, reading: "I am stupid"
@@JudahMaccabee_ only a month?
I judge a doctor on their bedside manner, and how they distill information to me as a concerned patient. I couldn't care less what color their clothes are.
If you judge a doctor by the color of their scrubs. You really need to rethink how you judge. That said I love the color blue.
The perception is subconscious. Research color psychology
🤦♂️ Dude it's subconscious nobody is fashion shaming doctors.
As someone who is happy they can choose to wear black scrubs over blue, I can't imagine thinking they might know less because they wore black. I could see people maybe connecting it to morbidity due to our association with black and death so maybe that has something to do with it?
In general, yes, although you can't really argue that certain colors don't do a better job of obscuring blood stains.
I agree!
At the hospital I work at, each person is supposed to wear a certain color to show what their position is (navy for nurses, grey for techs, teal for respiratory, etc.). I think, in this scenario, different colors can be really handy! As nurse, my only request would be that doctors choose a color different from the one assigned to others to prevent confusion 😅
I’ve noticed this at hospitals in my area and thought it was universal. Each department and specialty had there own color.
Yeah, a hospital I went to as a kid did this, but at least in the ER there was only four colors (at least I only saw four colors). Docs were one color, then imaging, non medical, everyone else. It was quite nice, you could guess what the person in your room was there for.
So true! I worked at an animal hospital in high school, and we wore color coded scrubs as well. I was an VA/ERA, so my color was maroon. Thurs were grey or grey and pink for breast cancer awareness (one of our coworkers had breast cancer), and then Sat were your choice
I'm pretty sure my hospital does this, too (to an extent). It's even one of the security measures with NICU and newborn nurses having a special color so that they are easily identifiable
Are patients given the colour code?
I could care less what they're wearing I'm there to get treated not judge a pageant.
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Yeah. Like are they wearing clothes? Then I'm good.
You’d be surprised how entitled some people can be.
You mean you couldn't care less... not you could
@@TP-mv6en you understood what they meant
I think black scrubs are just really sophisticated looking. The color black is also very good at hiding bodily fluids 😅. I know I don’t want to see my doctor with stains all over their light colored scrubs.
Actually, that's one of the reasons blue scrubs are super important - this colour was chosen because of its contrast with the colour red, meaning any bleeding from the patient is obvious.
@@georgekirren4444 I guess that is true, blue is a color thats easier to tell if there is any sort of fluids on them.
Thanks!! I wear black scrubs every day. I think it’s a good look!
@@georgekirren4444Green scrubs are the compliment of red, not blue! But I do like the blue ones more!
@@trishs4503 Yes it definitely is! I think it’s also cool because you can pair it with a fun color sneaker and it will still match pretty well.
I just wish you were the doctor at every one of my appointments. Would make me much more happy to go to the hospital! That smile is more comforting than a sunrise!
Now that I think about it, my neurosurgeon wore navy blue scrubs the day of my surgery. I can’t believe people judge based on the color of scrubs. I already trusted him.
If you don't trust your neurosurgeon, then you need to find a new neurosurgeon.
I don’t judge anyone based on the color of anything. Honestly the scrubs thing has never crossed my mind. If you treat me respectfully I will do the same and I am always just grateful for good drs and nurses.
in my area ERs, scrub color depends on the position you hold. ER techs wear baby blue, paramedics wear royal blue, nurses wear navy blue, and doctors wear black. as an EMT seeing these people all the time I’ve never actually put any thought into their scrub colors, it just makes it easier to identify who exactly I’m speaking to when handing off patients. I judge skill and trustworthiness based on my interactions with them lol.
In Oz, cleaning staff wear one colour, nurses wore another colour, doctors wore a different colour and food people wore another colour.
Interesting that this Dr thinks all people watched Grey's Anatomy. I don't have a TV.
At least in Texas hospitals, RN wear navy blue. I would say most docs wear regular clothes with a white jacket or that hospital light green.
My surgeon wore dark blue scrubs so, without realizing it, I equate the color with surgeons.
Ditto
Damn I love the color black
Always an appropriate color for any hospice worker…
This is truly fascinating how colours affect people's perception. For me when I see a doctor in blue, I see him or her as a surgeon .
You are such a wonderful doctor and I feel your enthusiasm for the profession! You are also a beautiful women with your freckles! ❤ Respectfully!
As a RN who has spent my whole career in the NICU I had to wear a special shade of blue specifically purchased through the hospital and no other departments could wear that color it was to help parent’s identify the NICU nurses from the L&D etc but I personally love black scrubs. My kids dentist office wears black scrubs and I love the clean classic look. But that’s just me.
If I’m dying and need help, I don’t care if the doctors and nurses helping me are wearing lobster costumes or their freaking birthday suits for that matter… BRING IN THE PADDLES!!! 😂
why do i have the feeling that some people on the internet would prefer the birthday suits...
@@truisticprince I was just about to comment when I saw yours. Yes I was thinking birthday suits. If I'm dying, might as well have a good last look. Also couldn't hurt the trauma induced delirium content ;)
[p.s. previously had delirium & wish it was like this. It was GRIMDARK]
Lol yessss!!! 😂
Underrated comment 😂
Just thinking about how birthday suit could go with paddles.
Lobster costumes would be amazing though!
I don’t even notice what color they’re wearing- I only notice how they’re talking to me/handling the situation.
I worked in a plasma donation center where everyone wore the same color scrubs but the color changed daily. Mondays Navy, Tuesdays Teal etc. This was to ensure employees were wearing clean scrubs daily and was required by the inspecting bodies the center answered to.
If they wear fun prints I’ll judge them
I’ll judge them and think. Yep. I want the dr who knows how to laugh and enjoy the day. 😊
I agree, only had one issue. Anesthesiologist who's cap was white with what looked like a Rorschach in blood. Very unsettling last sight before I passed out lol They did a great job, my body didn't like breathing while under! Stupid body
I love a tech - doc whom expresses their fun side someway. Gives me a talking point or just a smile knowing they are happier at work
I love when doctors wear fun socks too!
Agreed. I always got fun scrubs if allowed especially when I worked in pediatrics. I would get ones with known characters and the kids would always get super excited about it and warm up to me quickly :)
I judge a doctor based on how well they take notes!
I never really thought about the color of my doctor's scrubs. I always thought hospitals picked the color of the scrubs their staff wears.
However, I can see why black scrubs might not be people's favorite color. I'm not sure why people might think that doctors wearing black scrubs are less knowledgeable. Although, I think black is a poor choice of color for scrubs. Black is usually the color associated with death. Do you really want your doctor looking like the Grim Reaper?
I have a habit of firing my doctors. Regardless, of what color their scrubs are, I find many of them to be arrogant know it alls that think they're better than the patients they treat because they have fancy degrees. However, now that I've had a chance to think about it, I'd probably fire a doctor wearing black scrubs on sight. Given the situation, I think it's in poor taste to wear that color.
I read a study years ago which showed that parents of sick children put greater trust in their doctors if they were wearing long white coats, and less if they were wearing scrubs. Scrubs would be preferable for infection control!
Yeah, like I don't give a darn what my doctor, nurse, therapist, etc is wearing. I'm there for medical treatment, not a fashion show.
People are concerned over the silliest things. Also, that's just rude to judge on the color of scrubs. Might just be the best care you've gotten.
As some one who's going into the medical field for studying anesthesiology this a good to know
My understanding of scrub colours at my local NHS hospitals is that colour is related to their seniority or field.
Did you know that you're often encouraged to wear blue if you are supposed to testify? Blue supposedly makes you appear more trustworthy. I wonder if that is also why blue scrubs have a similar affect 🤔
Interestingly, scrubs only came in 3 colors when I was a new nurse grad. A medium blue, green and White. The Blue was mostly for non licensed or non supervisory staff. Docs, nurses (a white scrub dress for the 99+% of nurses that were female) wore white. OR (operating room) wore green, in OR only.
I enjoy seeing cute designs, ESPECIALLY if the doctor is for my children. The cute scrubs make me feel like you have more compassion and empathy.
I think there is a deeper reason. In the Western society, Black is often associated with negative things like death and then add a hint of our racist past, we all know why colour black maybe seen as a negative thing. It is like in how in other countries with strong anti-women ideologies fear of female MDs or Pilots. I read cases where men would walk off a plane because there was a female pilot. Same idea, but with colours.
The only time I've judged anyone by the color of their scrubs was in a facility that color coded based on job. It was pretty much doctors, imaging, non medical, everyone else. So I was literally just using the color to guess what they were there for. Green? You're probably transport and about to take me to get some sort of test. Gray? Probably blood or vitals. I can't imagine judging someone's intelligence based on the color they were wearing.
I judge my Dr on how well they play the violin. If I was in Canada you would be my Dr.;)
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Grey's has a great black scrubs screen with Jo.Wilson
Blue is seen as more authoritative & powerful it's also strongly associated with reliability & responsibility
My PA-C was wearing a shade of coral or something, not quite as red as yours, and I really liked that! It was different. Today she just had attractive casual street clothes (it’s Friday, end of day), with her hair down and I loved the informalness. Easy rapport. But it’s each to their own and the US seems to prefer a “professional” look.
Been loving your shorts lately, keep it up :)
I only wore navy blue - except when teaching clinicals (then all white). That was long before - and long since Gray’s Anatomy (which, was the name of the go to anatomy book in many colleges long ago).
In Arizona most of the hospitals have all employees wear color coded scrubs. Nurses are all in navy blue. Er docs are teal, pink is ob, etc. it's really helpful when you are a patient to know who is who when they come into your room.
such an adorable doctor!
As someone who was raised in and out of hospitals, i care about how the drs answer my questions
I know this is slightly different, but I know that for when I've had to take my cat in for procedures, it's been comforting when the vet techs wear scrubs with a cat-related pattern, not only because the pattern makes me smile but also it assures me that they loves cats as much as I do and will take good care of my baby! When I'm the patient, I enjoy when the medical staff wear colorful scrubs (meaning something other than mint green or dark colors like navy or black) because the bright colors cheer me up :) Beyond that, I'm not sure I've ever noticed any feelings of judgment regarding the scrub colors
As a person with a chronic health condition, I'm in and out the hospital all the time. I live in the southern part of the United States. The Medical Assistant wear the navy blue scrubs and the RN, NP, and PA wear the light blue scrubs usually. All the other different color scrubs depend on the department there in. Our doctors usually wear regular clothes underneath their white coat. Male doctors wear shirt and tie and female usually wear a nice blouse and slacks. When the doctors decide to wear scrubs, it's usually the same color as the nurse practitioners and and the nurse practitioners sometimes wears a white coat. I guess it does not matter, because they all wear a badge with their picture, name, and MA, RD, CDE, LPN, RN, NP, PA, DO, MD, and so on.
I guess we used to see them in green and blue colours 💙💚
I feel like this is more social than anything. The reason I say that as a doctoral student, I have found several different studies that talk about people being influenced by mass media, and it how it changes our society as a whole either quickly or over time.
I had a lovely doctor in a&e who had black scrubs. What made me like her was seeing how empathetic and caring she was with all the mental health patients in our area (like 80% of all of waiting in this one bay) even when they were rude or hard to treat. Then when she listened to me and asked for my advice when I explained how I have complex medical issues and many chronic and some rare conditions. She had heard of most of them but never treated someone with all of them and asked what we had done in the past when I had had similar incidents to what had landed me there that night. She also spoke to me and listened when I explained I was deaf and so long as she spoke clearly and at me, I could lip read- so many people don’t do this and ignore me.
For these reasons she got an email of thanks sent the department and I got one back saying it would be put in her file and could I fill out a form for something to do with her being a junior doctor. Colour of scrubs doesn’t make a difference to me, I will read body language as they approach me and in the first few seconds and can usually tell if they’re going to be good or not.
I remember when everyone was wearing that weird green like Hawkeye in MASH. I never watched Gray's Anatomy.
Color has a huge impact on how people perceive everything.
It’s deeply embedded in their psyche beyond a TV show.
I love the looks of the maroon and black ones and always notice when a doctor wears them, but that's just because i love wearing those colors myself
My dad wore green scrubs. That’s what my bias if for. Greys Anatomy may have put an unconscious preference in our minds.
Same, scrubs will always be dark blue in my head because of my dad and anything else just feels a little bit wrong 😆
Navy has also been long suggested by lawyers as it reflects well on the judge and jury
I dont think i have ever thought about scrub colors...minus the pediatric ones bc those are adorable
I rarely notice what a doctor is wearing unless it really stands out. I do know that my fertility clinic does blue scrubs though (not navy). Their scrub caps, though, are epic! I think they get to choose their own scrub cap. My RE wears one with colorful vegetables and avocados and whatnot on it. One of his assistants had one with cartoon embryos. One of the embryologists had one with unicorns. I don't get to see the scrub caps except during major procedures, but when I'm in for a retrieval or transfer, those caps make my day!
This got me thinking to all of the different color scrubs I've seen (in person at the doctor/hospital) and I can only remember seeing some shade of blue
I never thought about it
Black just looks good and my favourite character for Chicago med where them
I’ve never judged my healthcare providers on the color of their scrubs
Hey Siobhan! That's crazy and yes I think TV has influenced these shenanigans LOL I like the color you have on! I've always seen surgeons wearing black scrubs where I'm from!!! Sooooo...LOL Thanks for bringing this to the light for us!!!! Cheers!
I personally prefer nice light colors. Now as someone in the med field, light colors get dirty so damn fast. BUT the light colors bring in some nice visual stimulation to patients and offer a decent distraction. Bonus points for patterns. Lol
At some hospitals scrubs are color-coded. Physicians in blue, nurses in green, techs in maroon, etc.
Shades of blue are perceived as calming and "official". Most of the medical people I've dealt with lately were wearing sage-green scrubs, or purple scrubs. I own some purple scrubs, because it was the only way I could buy comfortable, well-fitting clothes with pockets.
In my town, the ones in black scrubs are respiratory therapists, and you can see them smoking in the shack at the edge of the parking lot. The ones in dark blue scrubs are at the veterinarian's office. So much for Gray's Anatomy
Blue is heavenly along with white
As a UM/UR nurse I make good doctors rich and bad doctors poor. I can’t speak to scrubs but can tell you with 20 years of doing this the good docs didn’t go to Ivy League schools.
Love this as a fellow nurse 💪
Blue is the most popular favourite colour, followed by green. I’ve never thought of judging a doctor by the colour of their clothing.
Blue is associated with healing energy✨
Well the doctor office where I go just got bought out by a company and switched every one to black scrubs and I still like my doctors!
I would never judge the doctor based on the color of their scrubs now when I'm in the hospital it's nice to see people wearing brighter colored scrubs and you know more fun looking scrubs cause it just kind of Cheers me up I don't know why but i would never judge on their knowledge by the type of scrubs or color I have to speak with the nurses and doctors and base it on my own experience and then I have to look back at oh Hey maybe they just really didn't know what was going on you know and every case is different so You have to put a lot of things in the consideration before you judge a nurse or a doctor peruid lol
Nurses and techs often wear the navy blue scrubs, at least in the hospitals I’ve worked at or had clinical at. Maybe that’s why!
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Oh sorry that was for someone else.
ok. I dont get it but God bless.
Blue gives a sense of calm and trust worthiness (psychology here) where as the color black gives ominous secretive mysterious vibe lol I can go all day about how people see colors and what colors make people feel what
I’ve worked in healthcare in paperwork for a long time and also as a patient, it may be a cultural difference from Canada but in the US if a doctor who isn’t doing procedures/surgery is wearing scrubs one wonders if they’re trying to be a tv doctor or something. Nurses and techs can wear scrubs though. Never give the color a thought since a lot of times the color is selected by the institution and not the person.
I think it really depends on the specialty. Like most of the docs in my pediatricians office wore scrubs, but kids have a habit of getting bodily fluids on others so that makes sense. Some facilities just have everyone in scrubs.
Interesting... I like navy blue but am not a fan of lighter blue colors. I think the scrubs that you're wearing are a very pretty color!
Oooo I never thought of the possibility for the first question! I would say it's been so weird as to people associating looks for intelligence. Black is more used to be fashionable when you don't know what to wear. And blue may have a cleaner look
I believe it has to do with the media. I personally don’t watch TV or go on Instagram very often, and I judge a Physician based on their professionalism, ability to communicate, and their overall clinical skills. That said, I (as many do) partly judge a Physician based on their way of dressing because I tells me that if they take time to take care of themselves, they’re more likely to take care of me the same way. Depending on their shift location (like the ER) I can overlook it. But when it’s in a clinic setting or at least where coming into body fluids is unlikely, I do appreciate a Physician that dresses with a shirt and tie. If they wear a suit, I honestly feel more comfortable that they know the answers. If he/she is wearing scrubs, I actually enjoy black or navy more than expressive colors because it conveys a seriousness that shows respect.
When I’m in the clinic, many patients have actually complimented me on my black scrubs far more than other colors that I have.
Never thought of it 😮
The color of Scrubs used to have a meaning. When I was a kid. But nowadays I just don't know anymore. That said, I can understand the Grey's Anatomy thing.
I think when I was a kid the colors worn in the hospital meant things like doctor, nurse, housekeeping, respiratory, x-ray, orderly, volunteer, whatever. I can't think of more examples. Maybe if I went to the same hospital all the time. But I live in the US and I don't have insurance so I don't go to the hospital. I guess it's a good thing that asthma meds have improved a great deal since I was a kid. I was intubated twice by the age of 23. I have seen hospitals in many different states while on vacation. But in this century I have not been able to go to the hospital. The last time I was in an ER was in 1999 after a Thanksgiving dinner in a very large room with no carpeting and no upholstered furniture and one poodle. Don't tell me they are hypoallergenic. I had had several run-ins with that poodle and every time, I got sick. Repeatedly. To the point I had to leave. My own poodle was only half poodle and I thought maybe that was it. I was in bed for 2 weeks and after that he was gone. Like all my other pets. But I did not want this dog. I did not want to go through the cycle again. Turns out my mother didn't want the dog either. But somehow she did not say no to the person who wanted to give it to me. I was not present for this discussion at all. And it was 30 years later that I even learned she was the one who did not say no. My mother didn't like pets. My mother didn't like it when I was half dead from asthma. Neither one of those things! But she couldn't say no. When I moved to her house in Florida, which previously put me in the ER two nights in a row in the '80s, we ripped out the carpeting. It seems to have helped. Also lots of asthma meds.
I think I remember hearing somethin’ about colours and how they affect psychology.
Orange creates aggression while robin’s egg blue and green creates a calming effect.
The same way red can be associated with anger, passion and blood.
Breast Cancer patient here who is in a Doctors office, In some Machine or Hospital every week for years now. The only thing I judge is my dislike of Hospital Administrator's rules about attire and looks. Judging their ability to be a healthcare provider based on hair, tattoos, scrub colors, piercing is outdated by decades. They are over worked, understaffed, let them be themselves aka a dedicated compassionate person.
They put up with a lot to help us let them have pink hair, flowers inked down an arm or an extra ring somewhere! ***There is no negative impact to my care from that but there is a potential loss of a positive factor to their mental health.
Even if you wouldn't chose it, don't judge your care providers for finding a little bright spot in the day by doing something for themselves to feel good.
me particularly i'd say it's Grey's anatomy. The navy blue scrub or attending scrub always tells me the doctor is skilled as hell 🤩
I didn't think the color of scrubs made a difference until I have been in an office that wore pink ( bright pink ! ) once a week. It presents a more friendly, warm & energetuc vibe. I don't know about pink on men though but a different shade of pink will do. :) Black, blue, gray. etc. never gave it much thought. I tbink generally, the color meant more to the wearer. Influenced by Greys? I don't think so. What stood out from that show is who is hooking up with whom. :)
Black ones are so cool tho, blue ones evoke that cold hospital feeling in me
The two hospitals I was debating between to work at I would have been required to wear navy blue at one or black at the other. I went with the black but it's crazy those were the two colors you mentioned
I prefer light green and blue. But yeah I agree that I don’t like when people wear black scrubs! Ha, I don’t know why. Maybe because they are too dark to show stains, and if my healthcare provider has fresh stains, I’d like to know.
My anesthesiologist wore black scrubs and he told me that I needed to lose weight or I would get diabetes........I had just given birth to my daughter and just needed him to clear me to go home if I was coherent I would have raised hell
I am scared of medical professionals that wear black scrubs...they look like death to me 💀🏴☠️💀 So if my anesthesiologist wore black, I would be scared I would never wake up again
@@love_nyc_ that is a completely irrational way of thinking.
@@coffeeandhorses7991 Well thats how I think so...
Wow so sorry this happened to you! I guess they hadn’t read you’d just given birth?!🙄
when i was in the hospital i didnt care at all what colour scrubs my doctors/nurses were wearing i was just vibing there
The system in Australia has different doctors wearing different colours to identify them. Junior Medical Officers and Registrars wear a green-turquoise colour while Advanced Trainees who are the doctors studying within the specific area they are in to become consultants wear dark blue scrubs. Normally our ED doctors wear black scrubs. Our Allied Health staff have access to an aqua-bluey colour scrub shirt.
Being Aussie, I didn't know this
@@LaraA55 I work in a major trauma hospital in NSW! So im around doctors daily 😛
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These are so good!! 😂
Most of my doctors don't even wear scrubs, at least the ones I get to choose! In the hospital, some of them do, but when I see doctors in their office, they typically don't.
I really don't see too many scrubs anymore. Then again, I'm not in hospital or the doctor's office too much. I thought maybe color of scrubs might be a way to color code, so to speak. I have really seen blue pretty often, though. Some professionals have really cool patterned ones that you can sew yourself.
Anyone with fun patterned scrubs is someone I perceive as someone who will listen and not talk down to me, and also appreciate the extra jokes I make when I'm nervous. It is usually nurses who wear them though
The color blue has been known as a calming, trusting color. Most servers have to wear black trousers and shirts working in a restaurant. I thought most hospitals had color coded the staff uniforms.
for me honestly black seems the most professional and skilled bc its like clean
Blue is associated with calm. So I think that's why people think blue scrubs are more thrustworthy.
I know I personally feel better, more confident, and comfortable when in navy blue over the hospitals light blue so maybe that thinking can be transferred to the patients thought process
Ultimate respect to the ones wearing pink
It's a deep seated Societal Synaethesia. I never thought of it before you mentioned it, but instantly could relate to the Black vs. Blue vs. Dark Blue scrubs as it pertained to a doctor's skill level. Maroon probably looks nearly the best, but I wouldn't associate it with a high skill level ( even though I associate you with a high skill level after seeing some of your past videos ). It's a very weird effect !
I'm a Mental Health Technician. I wear gray scrubs. I have had numerous people stop me in public and they have asked me what I do. After telling them, it seems to be a pattern that people tell me "thank you for your service." I think Covid may have had a lot of effect, and people understand how important, and how much we in healthcare do for people. Whether you are a housekeeper, or a brain surgeon. I never knew what color of scrubs, meant what position a person works until I started working in a hospital.
Our hospital issues green scrubs, so that's what I wear.
Scrubs used to be white (so they could be bleached like everything else at the time) but then beach sage fabric meant you could match O.R. lighting against the fabric meant green or blue reduced eye fatigue. Bluish scrubs seem to be best with fluorescent lighting and green was better with halogen/xenon type bulbs. I haven’t seen LED OR lighting yet but they will put off a lot less heat
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