Uniforms
Something rather unmentionable covered my work trousers overnight , and I had to resort to borrowing a pair of pyjama bottoms for most of the shift. One of the patients offered me a pair of her fleece lined lounge pants but I declined gracefully stating they were not quite my colour. I have worn a uniform of sorts on every day bar one in my entire adult working life of 37 years bar for one day. That was my first day as charge nurse of my own ward, where I went in for management day wearing a shirt and tie. The mainly Yorkshire staff were somewhat nonplussed by my effort of looking smart and for the most part laughed good humouredly at my efforts. One middle aged lass, a support worker who had been a colleague for over a decade sniffed loudly as I passed " You going to a funeral ?" She asked dryly My ward uniform then was a navy tunic. Going into navy , is a proud step for a nurse in the Uk for it generally means you have reached the rank of " sister" , a position th...