PLEASE BY ALL THAT IS HOLY, TELL ME YOU ARE KIDDING!!! People get this wrong 99 times out of 100 and someone gets it right and you think it’s a dangling participle? Has the error ingrained us to read and comprehend this formation backwards now??
::curls into fetal position and sobs tearlessly
Thanks! Mine was an ADN program. Not to scare you, but the NCLEX is a whole lotta no fun. The bad news is that I and all of my friends who have taken it walked out 100% SURE we had failed; the good news is we all passed. So when you’re taking it and you feel like the biggest idiot ever, take a deep breath, find your happy place, and have faith in yourself – you know what you’re doing.
If you’re interested in my experiences in nursing school, I talked about it quite a bit in my blog (though it only goes back to last August). There’s also a fair bit of personal stuff that might be TMI depending on your sensibilities, but if you’re a cool chick with an open mind, feel free to peruse. 
I’m in an ADN program, too. Two semesters to go, whoo hoo! I’ve bookmarked your blog and will check it out soon. Thanks for the link.
I keep telling myself to worry about the N-CLEX after I finish worrying about graduating. My program has had 100% pass rates for the N-CLEX in the last few years and the faculty is tough on us to keep that rate up.
Ok, hijack over. Back to the ethics of wearing scrubs in public.
And even if they do, who cares?
This begs the question,
Is it scrubby to wear cheese in public?
I know little about grammar. The above sounds right to me - how do people mess it up? From gigi’s post I’m thinking someone would write “I have to ask, as the grandson of a cheesemaker: do you hate cheese? Or do you love cheese?” but that would mean the person you’re asking about cheese is the grandson of a cheesemaker. Do I have that right? And that Walloon’s way is correct if he is the grandson?
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No.
“I” is the subject of the sentence; “as the grandson of a cheesemaker” refers to the subject, “I.”
Rearrange it like this and there can be no mistaking: “I, as the grandson of a cheesemaker, have to ask…”
Or substitute “Because I am” for “as”: “Because I am the grandson of a cheesemaker, I have to ask.”
In order for the phrase to refer to the person being asked, it would have to be, “I have to ask: do you, as the grandson of a cheesemaker, love cheese?”
I just realized this may be my only fetish…but women look damn hot in scrubs…
I don’t mind it. 'Course, I know what you have to go through to become an RN (congratulations, by the way – you now have the right to be worked like a rented mule, underpaid for life and disrespected by doctors, at least half of whom graduated in the bottom half of their classes. But you will appear to people like me to be a guardian angel forever and ever.)
Anyway, I don’t see it as any different from anyone else who wears distinctive work clothes out to have a beer after work. I see people in scrubs all the time, from RNs to dental hygenists to veterinary assistants. They stop at Wal-Mart after work, pick up a latte during a morning java run, attend parent-teacher conferences. If anybody is put off by it, screw 'em – ask them how they feel about it when the pain comes pounding back like a freight train at three in the morning and you walk in with your magical syringe! They’ll be pretty damn glad to see those scrubs then, I’ll wager.
I’ve added you as a LJ Friend, if that’s ok.
Of course! I’ve done the same.
And thanks, Sunrazor, that’s a terrific thing to say. 
:dubious: I wear my work uniform ‘on the street’ all the time and don’t feel like I look foolish. I’m an EMT, so I have no choice but to be out in public in it. It’s not scrubs, and I’m never covered in blood. If I deal with an infectious patient, I put on a disposable gown (and then throw it away) at the hospital.
The biggest problem is going in a grocery store to get something to eat - people always think we work there.
What? Does the produce guy wear a dark blue shirt with VEGGIES on the back in huge white letters? 
Just curious, as around here, EMTs and medics seem to have two basic types of uniforms - dark blue shirt with EMT or PARAMEDIC on the back, or a short-sleeve white or medium blue button-up uniform shirt with departmental insignia. In either case, they’re usually wearing dark blue paramedic pants with enough reflective bits so you know they’re not cargo pants from the Gap, plus there’s usually gloves and/or a stethoscope peeking out of a pocket.
Nothing cheesy about that, BTW, as they’re invariably on duty at the time, and hoping to grab a sandwich before the next call.
You can keep the exact same words, but change the punctuation:
I have to ask: as the grandson of a cheesemaker, do you hate cheese? Or do you love cheese?
but Licentious Ectomorph’s way erases all doubt as to meaning and is therefore best.
Probably because those v-necks are sometimes cut way too low. With some of my scrub tops I either have to wear a tank top underneath or make sure I have a good bra that showcases the girls, depending on my mood.
No, I don’t wear the blue shirt that screams “EMT” across the back - I wear a maroon shirt with “EMS” on the sleeves, the back of the neck and my company name on the front left chest.
We also wear those dumb lanyards with our IDs. I think what does it is people not paying attention, though. Stupid people not paying attention and just assuming, “person in uniform, must work here.” :smack: