97.7% Of Government Nursing Officers Support Revision Of Uniform Dress Code
The younger generation of nursing officers believed that they deserved a professional, comfortable and internationally accepted uniform comparable to those used in corporate hospitals.
HYDERABAD: About 98 per cent of nursing officers in government hospitals wanted a change in their uniform pattern, according to a survey that the Telangana Nurses Association (TNA) said it had conducted statewide online. It said 2,576 nursing officers (97.7 per cent) supported revising the uniform dress code and introducing a modern scrub uniform, while only 61 (2.3 per cent) preferred to retain the uniform.
The younger generation of nursing officers believed that they deserved a professional, comfortable and internationally accepted uniform comparable to those used in corporate hospitals. They expressed a strong preference for adopting modern scrub uniforms that reflect professionalism, improve comfort and align with contemporary healthcare practices, the association said.
GO Ms. No. 12, dated 11-01-2011, primarily prescribes the uniform dress code for female nursing staff and does not provide clear guidelines regarding the uniform for male nursing officers, who number about 1,500 in government healthcare institutions.
The association urged the government to amend GO Ms. No. 12 and implement a modern, gender-inclusive scrub uniform dress code for all government nursing officers.