Nurses, Technology & People

Nurses have been intimately involved with technology in patient care for decades. From IV therapy in the post war years, to the advent of the ICU in the early sixties, to the current use of compact digital point-of-care devices, nurses have become accustomed to and experienced in using technology adapted from many arenas - space travel, warfare, and the medical arts – for the provision of patient care. The collision of healthcare and technology has created an industry that now drives both the cost and the standard of healthcare. But while nurses were transducing arterial lines and PA waveforms, and mastering microchip driven IV pumps, other significant aspects of their work, specifically documentation and communication have remained, as a rule, tied to pen and paper, and face-to-face, or phone-to-phone encounters.  Because of this, unavoidable, human contact great importance is placed on nurse scrubs uniforms.


Medical scrubs and uniforms are very loose fitting, consisting of two pieces (a top and bottoms) and they are usually made from cotton and polyester. They are made in colorful varieties (mainly pastels colors) and can be calming to patients. Many medical scrubs also come in bright colors and may possibly have designs or caricatures which can be an ice-breaker with children. Bluesky Scrubs (http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/) has a great variety of scrubs and medical uniforms to choose from. They have great prices and customer service is awesome.