Nurses Uniform/Gear
Published Oct 13, 2008
Does anyone know where I can find the old time nurses hat? I need it to take pictures after graduation.
elkpark
14,633 Posts
My specialty is psych, so I've spent most of my career working in street clothes, but when I'm in "uniform" situations (times that I've worked med-surg or taught med-surg clinical), I wear "whites" (not scrubs) and my cap.
indigo girl
5,173 Posts
Wait... are there really nurses who wear nursing caps and white dresses while working in the USA? I've never seen such a thing outside of black and white photos and fictional depictions of nurses.
There are places that do require this of their nursing staff though not many. I worked as pool nurse in one nursing home that did.
I felt like I was walking into a movie set in the past whenever I worked there. Everyone was in white with caps on including the medication techs. The only exceptions were the nursing assistants and the very few male nurses on staff. The owner of the facility insisted that his staff dress this way saying that it looked more professional, and that patients and their families liked it. Anything to keep those beds filled, I guess...
mama2boyz
20 Posts
Wait... are there really nurses who wear nursing caps and white dresses while working in the USA? I've never seen such a thing outside of black and white photos and fictional depictions of nurses.I'd love to have cute young nurses running around in white uniforms if I were a doc, in the most prurient way possible, but are these things actually allowed in hospitals? That said, It'd be fun to have a little white uniform for my grad party photos and Halloween.
I'd love to have cute young nurses running around in white uniforms if I were a doc, in the most prurient way possible, but are these things actually allowed in hospitals?
That said, It'd be fun to have a little white uniform for my grad party photos and Halloween.
My son was recently in the hospital for a month. One of the ped floor nurses always wore whites/cap. It was really neat to see...but at the same time, it looks so uncomfortable to me.
heron, ASN, RN
4,150 Posts
As one of the posters pointed out, traditionally caps were specific to the school and often had a symbolic significance. For instance, the Mass General cap was modeled on the old time ether face masks ... general anesthesia was first developed at MGH. Those MGH grads worked hard for those caps and pins and were protective and proud of them.
When I graduated in 1972, dresses and caps were just starting to fade out of the dress codes ... though "pantsuits" - as they were called then, we didn't have scrubs available for general use - were still a bit of a scandal.
Didn't know you could still find traditional caps at all. Good luck.
Fiona59
8,343 Posts
Wait... are there really nurses who wear nursing caps and white dresses while working in the USA? I've never seen such a thing outside of black and white photos and fictional depictions of nurses..
When I graduated we were required to wear white uniforms and our caps (this was this century by the way).
I wear a dress and white hose to work most shifts. I don't have problems working in a dress, never flashed a patient either. I work in an inner city hospital on one of the busiest units and have never had a problem.
The cap? Well, I'm not a cap/hat person and only bring it out once a year during nurses week.
The patients young and old always say it's cool to see a real, live, full-dress nurse, and know who she is the minute she walks in.
SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN
10,263 Posts
Yup. I NEVER have a problem with respect when dressed in whites. Never. From anyone.