Do nursing students still wear caps?

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I found out yesterday that we wear caps. I thought those were obsolete. I thought they carried germs in and out of the hospital so nurses stopped wearing. Any other schools wear caps?

I just had orientation on Tuesday and they told us we have to hair conservatively styled, off the collar. No caps for us.

We sure didn't.

Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, ER, Peds ER-CPEN.

We wear caps, first year RN and LPN students get them at a capping ceremony in Jan each year, the LPN's are bigger than ours but they keep the orange stripe and we get a black stripe for 2nd year

Specializes in PCU/Hospice/Oncology.

Id die if i had to wear a cap :X

i think that is would be discriminatory if they had caps for female and not for male

caps are nasty ugly little things

Specializes in Med Surg, Hospice.

No caps for my class, but we do get one to wear for our graduation picture.

i think that is would be discriminatory if they had caps for female and not for male

caps are nasty ugly little things

Yes, this would be discriminatory. I know there will be male students but I don't think I will be starting any trouble about it. LOL

In LVN school 1996 we did. In RN program 2007 we don't.

i think that is would be discriminatory if they had caps for female and not for male

caps are nasty ugly little things

I disagree. It's no more discriminatory than in certain professions, some companies require women to wear skirts and men to wear pants...and the military has been doing it for Y-E-A-R-S.

Specializes in LDRP.

Wow, I didnt know anyone wore caps anymore--we just wear them for our grad picture--not even for actual graduation/pinning!

I disagree. It's no more discriminatory than in certain professions, some companies require women to wear skirts and men to wear pants...and the military has been doing it for Y-E-A-R-S.

I'm curious: what companies in what professions would require women to wear skirts? Obviously men ARE required to wear pants, as this is our culture's custom. I suppose an argument could be made for wearing traditional kilts, but let's not go there. What business REQUIRES women to wear a skirt nowadays?

Are you speaking of military dress uniforms? Where both the men and women have caps/hats?

Not quite the same as requiring ONLY females of a certain profession--and a private sector one at that--to wear an unnecessary accessory. As a modern cap obviously is: it's decorative only in this time, serving no functional purpose.

I don't think we can look to the military, either, as a model of what is and is not discriminatory.

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