HOSPITAL FASHION'S QUICKENING PULSE; COOL SCRUBS MAKE PATIENTS FEEL AT EASE.Byline: Jenifer Hanrahan Daily News Staff Writer You'd never catch nurse Dawn Landery in a crisp white uniform. Children in the bone marrow unit at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in Hollywood are scared enough, Landery says. Why terrify ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. them more by looking so clinical? Instead, Landery wears scrubs with pizazz - whales, tigers, cars, Dalmatians, apples, fish, teddy bears - you name it. ``It makes the children more happy when they see more colors, and it gives you conversation pieces,'' Landery said. To make the upcoming holiday season brighter for hospitalized children, St. Louis-based Life Uniform Co. has donated colorful scrubs to children's hospitals This is a list of children's hospitals. See also Pediatric Care. International
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The holiday-themed uniforms feature pumpkins and bats for Halloween, Easter bunnies, teddy-bear Pilgrims for Thanksgiving and Santa's elves for Christmas. The shift away from white scrubs to colors began in the 1980s. Nowadays, few nurses still wear all white, said Karla Bakersmith, a Life Uniform spokeswoman. A recent survey by a hospital in Houston found that patients gave the highest marks for competence to doctors and nurses who wore traditional white uniforms, but the highest marks for caring went to those clad in colorful, casual attire. ``In health care, perception can and does have a lot to do with reality, and making people smile goes a long way in the right direction,'' said Margaret Cooper, assistant director of pediatric patient pediatric patient Child, see there care services at North Shore University Hospital in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The colorful, holiday-themed scrubs sell for less than $25 at most uniform shops, a little pricier than the standard-issue solids. But patients certainly seem to appreciate the lighter looks, says Landery. ``If you wear a colorful shirt, it makes the hospital seem not so intimidating in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. .'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Registered nurses Cindy Sweem, left, Pam McArthur, Aaron Skipper and Deanna Mate have some fun in holiday-themed scrubs at Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks Hopital (SOH) is an 153 bed acute care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, USA and is home of world renowned the Grossman Burn Center. SOH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. & Health Center. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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