Rank and the white coat

[DD214_DOC]

Do we wear our rank on the white coat? If so, wear? I thought I once heard someone say that doing this is a, "nurse thing"

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[psychbender]

No rank on white coat. I have seen some nurses wear rank on scrubs (looks very weird). Your rank will be written on your hospital badge.

 

[BigNavyPedsGuy]

The regulation says that you're supposed to wear the collar outside of your coat so the collar rank devices are visible. At least for the Navy anyway.

 

[NateintheED]

Our department chief has us wear it on our scrubs. In the ED this sometimes helps with the drunk/angry/obnoxious enlisted guys when they realize who they're dealing with. We use the pin-on for the most part and I don't think it looks bad. Besides, our rank on our ID badge is printed so small you can barely read it up close.

 

[DH78]

Do we wear our rank on the white coat? If so, wear?

 

[NavyFP]

I have a plastic pocket name tag with Name, MD Family Medicine.

No rank. Me Doctor, that's enough.

 

[DD214_DOC]

Pretty funny. Just realized I did that

 

[backrow]

The regulation says that you're supposed to wear the collar outside of your coat so the collar rank devices are visible. At least for the Navy anyway.

Can you provide a link to the regulation on this. I tried looking through the Uniform Regs and didn't find anything regarding the white coat at all. They do have indoor duty white though which is good fun. Did BUMED put something out?

Don't work too hard to find it, simply for my own education.

 

[DH78]

Pretty funny. Just realized I did that

Yah. Don't mean to be the grammar police, but that was funny!