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Nurses are not Optional Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Nurses are not Optional Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

Nurses are not optional. No nurses, no healthcare, whatever the staffing spreadsheet decides a shift is worth, and the rural nurse in the tee watched her unit close to protect a margin and now watches her former patients drive an hour for the same care. Every closed unit and every lockout runs into the same fact. This tee states it in four words.

Wear it to the state house hearing on staffing ratios, the nurses' union rally, the rural hospital town hall, the nursing school graduation, and the family dinner where a relative says hospitals have to make cuts somewhere. It is a strong gift for a rural nurse, a nursing student, a union steward, and the friend who drives the hour.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and four words that read across a rural hospital town hall. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the closed-unit entry in the union and labor collection.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Is this the same as nurses are not disposable? Same fight, one word different. That one is about the person; this one is about the system that runs on her.

Would a nursing school order these for graduation? Schools do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do nurses pick? White and Bay. Black for the hearing.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the picket line, the union hall, the contract vote, Labor Day.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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