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10 nursing rules you’ve never heard of

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5. You have to wear a uniform to work in Wales.
Nurses who work in Wales, in the United Kingdom, don’t have to worry about what type of uniforms or scrubs to buy, or if cartoon character scrubs would be acceptable—they don’t have a choice as to what to wear and they don’t have to buy their work clothes. The uniforms are provided to them by the government.

In mid-2010, the country’s estimated 36,000 nurses and midwives began wearing standardized colors, according to their level of nursing. In response to complaints from patients and others being unable to tell who was who, a color code was established:

  • Charge nurses or their replacements wear navy blue.
  • Clinical nurse specialists wear royal blue.
  • Staff nurses wear hospital blue.
  • Staff midwives wear postman blue.
  • Healthcare support workers wear green.
  • Nursery nurses wear aqua green.

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Marijke Durning
Marijke is a professional writer who began her working career as a registered nurse over 25 years ago. After working in clinical areas ranging from rehab to intensive care, as a floor nurse to a supervisor, she found she could combine her extensive health knowledge with her love of writing. Although she has been published in a wide variety of publications for professionals and the general public, her passion is writing for the every day person to promote health literacy.

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