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markodochartaigh

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7. When I became a registered nurse

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 06:11 PM

May 23

(male) in 1983 uniform shoes were about $20. Uniform tops were also about $20 and uniform pants were $30. Pay was $5.50-7.50/hr. White uniforms were so easily stained. It wasn't until the mid 90's that we could wear scrubs, of course the hospital had their own scrub shop to sell us approved scrubs. I think that they were $20 each, tops and pants. And pay had increased to $15-18/hr.

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Shoe ad from 1939: [View all] IcyPeas May 23 OP

That would be worth $71.91 in today's Dollars JoseBalow May 23 #1

"A" is pretty cute! n/t gay texan May 23 #2

They look so uncomfortable ! kimbutgar May 23 #3

Oh, we've had shoes even uglier... hlthe2b May 23 #4

They look so sensible. Nothing like the terrifying looking shoes of today. Polly Hennessey May 23 #5

I'd wear "Graceful Stitching." They'd look great with jeans or wide leg pants. Scrivener7 May 23 #6

When I became a registered nurse markodochartaigh May 23 #7

My mother wore shoes that looked like the ones in the lower right corner. rsdsharp May 23 #8

Those do not look comfortable at ALL! Diamond_Dog May 23 #9

My grandma wrote them everyday, cleaning house 1WorldHope May 23 #10

My grandmothers wore them. One went to flats, cachukis May 23 #11

More sensible than today's pointy and 6" heel. question everything May 23 #12

They look like the old-lady shoes that my grandmother wore during the 1950s. greatauntoftriplets May 23 #13