+Nursing caps

[Calgon-take.me.away]

Was just wondering,,,,,how many nurses still wear their caps? I work with a very dedicated, yet at times anal nurse, and even though we work in a very small LTC facility, she still wears her nursing cap. I would love to wear mine, but they catch on curtains, fall off at the worst times. During nursing school, we were required to wear it at all times. Even bought one of those clear plastic carrying case so everyone could see I was a nurse. I feel that since nurses have went to multi colored scrubs, no more whites, no more caps, no more pins,,,,we have lost the respect of those. Yet, on some sitcomes, it portrays nurses in white as buxom, ditzy miniskirt wearing females. What do you all think????????

[prmenrs, RN]

Caps are just one of those things whose time has expired. I have mine; they're on the top shelf in the closet. I'll probably request they be cremated w/me.

As for work? Caps + hair + open warmer = Code Red.

[GadgetRN71, ASN, RN]

I think the old uniforms looked nice, especially those cool capes that some of them wore! The only caps I never liked the look of were the ones that looked like cupcakes.

I wear scrubs provided by the hospital, but I'm all for nurses looking neat and clean and professional. I hate the dragon lady fingernails-the really long ones just look silly, IMO. I have seen some nurses that look like they just rolled out of bed and out the door.

Ultimately, I think I'm torn. On the one hand we are all adults and I hate the idea that we have to be told what we can and can't wear, like children. But, some patients do get confused because everyone does kind of look alike.

I'm not sure I buy the argument that nurses got all this respect just for wearing white, though. From some patients, maybe, but ceratinly not from doctors. An older nurse told me that they had to give up their seat to the doctor and one guy used to snap his fingers and expect that the nurse would answer to that.