Do you/ did you have a Nurses Cap? Pin?

I still have my cap and pin. Up until 5 years ago I wore my cap on holidays. It was lovely White starched cotton with a ruffle and a black velvet horizontal ribbon. I would still wear it every day but I,ve really gotten some pretty negative feedback from the Nurses I've worked with. They felt it was a symbol of the day when nurses were "hand-maids" to the doctors. I never thought of it that way I was just so proud that I had earned my cap. I still wear my pin and will continue to do so. That I am also very proud to wear. But then, I grew up in Catholic schools where the Nuns still wore habits. And I'm sorry that most of them no longer do that. Things change and I guess You have to change with them.....Sad.....

Go ahead and wear it...You earned the right!!!!

My cap is white, with a royal blue stripe. I still wear my nursing pin on my scrub top everyday. It is gold, with a blue cross on it.

Never had a cap.
I got my pin during our pinning ceremony, but it's the ugliest hunk of metal I've ever seen. Therefore, I only wore it during my pinning ceremony. That night I threw it in one of my suitcases.
Now that I'm back home, it's in a drawer...somewhere....

Hummm.....

I really wish that some of the things which simbolized nursing throughout history were still in place, such as the cap and the cape and the pin.

We didn't get a cap at our school, but we got pins. Cheapo pins. They are shield shaped with our school name and "RN" on it and a blue stone in the center which was the color of our scrubs during school but not the school colors. I was a little mad at the $5 pins because to me the "real" pins are the gold ones, I suppose I felt as if this one wouldn't last forever because it's some sort of plastic.

After a while I got over that feeling, because even if the pin wears out the letters R.N. will be behind my name forever.

I used to wear my mom's cap when I was little- I thought it was the coolest thing ever! (she would have swatted my behind if she'd ever caught me!).

I have a silver and green pin from my college, and a 14k gold Sigma Theta Tau pin with amethysts that I bought with $$ I got for graduation. It was a couple hundred bucks and I only wear it to conferences and such, but it was worth every penny to have a pretty symbol of all my hard work in school.

I have both a cap and pin. My cap is rounded with gold and royal blue stripes. I used to wear my pin with my uniform, but almost lost it once. I'm so afraid of losing it that it sits in my jewlery box. It's gold with a white cross on it.

We didn't have caps, but at graduation had the option of getting a pin. I didn't have the money for it at the time, but my Mama bought the school pin for me - a lovely white gold pin for me with my initials on the back. I don't wear it every day, as I'm terrified I'd lose it, but I wear it on my lab coat. It's one of my most cherished possessions.

I wish I had a cap! During Nurse's Week some of the nurses busted-out their old school caps and wore them with pride. They looked lovely.

Although I don't have my original nursing cap; I have been purchasing a generic one and have worn it for the vast majority of my nsg career. I also have never worn "scrubs". I prefer the professional white dress uniform, white lab coat, white stockings, and white shoes.

Good for You!!!!!!!!!!