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

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  1. Caps? Pins?

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      Yes I had a cap (describe it please)
    • 39
      No I didn't have one, sorry
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      Yes I had a Nursing School Pin (describe it please)
    • 23
      No pin, sorry

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my first cap was white cotton with a drawstring in the back. it sort of favored an old pioneer sunbonnet only without the large front part. the front was only about 1" wide. my second was made of organdy and pretty much required starching every time we wore it. my third was a standard sears-roebuck generic one.....i lost it sometime in the early 80's.

my pin was 10 kt gold. kind of a round oval.....with the university seal in the center. it was stolen from my lab coat at work one day. i later found one in a pawn shop. it isn't gold but gold plated, but since it was all i could find i bought it for $5. i think the first one was like $50. (gold)

i found some caps on the web

univ.of wisconsin: cap collection

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Caps were not even an option when I graduated. Pins were, but I didn't want to spend my money on one.

i did have both a cap and a pin, hated both of them

i remember the cape, when i was a little girl there was a nurse who rode the city bus in little rock, ark and she wore a navy blue cape every morning in the winter

hadn't thought of that in years

Specializes in med-surg 5 years geriatrics 12 years.

I had both cap and pin. The cap had a tall brim and if two of us bent over a bed from opposite sides they were sure to be knocked off. It is now living in it's case in the closet somewhere. My pin was spendy so wear only on rare days. It's oval with the school name and year the hospital opened; has a small chain and another smaller round pin that says BSN in the center of a Maltese cross.

i did have both a cap and a pin, hated both of them

i remember the cape, when i was a little girl there was a nurse who rode the city bus in little rock, ark and she wore a navy blue cape every morning in the winter

hadn't thought of that in years

Thanks for bringing back a memory from my childhood. I remember seeing nurses with the caps and the navy blue capes. I was very impressed by them. I actually used to play dress up by tying this blue sweater I had around my neck and making a nurses "hat" out of a piece of paper hahahaha.

On the other hand when I was hospitalized as a child I remember one nurse Ratchet type and her cap with it's big broad black stripe very well. She struck terror in the hearts of every child on that unit just from walking down the hallway. In fact she didn't do anything cruel to any of us she just looked mean.

I wouldn't want to wear a cap every day like they used to do but I wouldn't mind wearing one the day I graduate. (just for tradition's sake)

My cap was all white, no stripe for LPNs.My pin was a gold shield with laurel leaves on top and a white cross in a red circle, with the word Amen on it and in a white ribbon , the name of the school, Sacred Heart School of Practical Nursing.

Specializes in L&D, NICU, PICU, School, Home care.

Our cap had to be starched flat on the bathroom wall (any flat smooth surface) the formed into the "covered wagon" effect in the back. There is 13 pleats and I blistered or cut my little fingers (pulling the starched strings) each time I had to make a new one. The brim has velvet stipes that were attached using KY jelly. The number and locaton of you stripes denoted your status as a nurse. Hurt your head to wear, pulled the hair out of your head if you bumped it while wearing. I actually wore a wig at work for a few years just to preserve my own hair.

Our pin looked like every other pin in NY from a state school. Our actual school and name and dae of graduation was engraved on the back.

Now I am gleefully without cap (and wig). My pin is somewhere around here but I haven't seen it in a few years.

Yes, I have a new nurse cap and my orginial pin. After being out of nursing for 8 years, I find myself back walking the halls. Unfortunately, I do NOT have my orginial hat. I guess I lost it somewhere in the last 28??? (oh gosh I'm getting old!):no: years since I was graduated from nursing school. Recently, we had "dress up" day as part of the National Hospital Week, so we all went down and got caps to wear for the pictures. My orginal hat looked like a toilet paper roll on top of my head. :)The 1st confused patient I was getting off a bed pan said "well you have a roll of TP on your head" and that was the last day I wore my orginal hat. :(

Since I won 2nd place in the best dressed competition, I have 1. gotten a lot of flack from some of my co-workers, but 2. got a LOT of compliments from a LOT of people about wearing my hat. I have been wearing a univeral hat with just the black stripe this week. I'm still considering making it permanent. Hmmmm ...gotta think about it. I think I did get treated more professionally but maybe it was just a good week, too!:heartbeat

Specializes in infection control, peds, home infusion.

i have both caps and pins (lpn and rn) from my respective schools. the lpn pin was dark blue with gold edging and a white enamel lamp in the middle. the cap was in the old style (flying nun) with one turquoise horizontal stripe at the top. the rn pin is black with gold scalloped edging. the cap is white with a black horizontal stripe running across the top. it is a smaller version of the flying nun. i have worn the caps only for my capping ceremony, but i wear the rn pin on my badge, just as i did with the lpn pin.:nurse:

Gold pin, shaped like a football. I wonder where it is?

:confused:

Specializes in Utilization Management.

Mine is round, gold -toned pewter (couldn't afford the 14K gold one) with the school's name on it. I used to wear it on my badge, but the pin broke. It sits in my jewelry box now. We didn't have to wear caps. Good thing, I look really ridiculous in them (or any hat) with my pointy little head.

Specializes in ob/gyn.

had a cap that was rounded some at the top and we also got stripes...ours were purple and were veritcal...wore it for several years...of course that WAS several years ago....I think we had a pin and I may have it somewhere and it was purple and gold...school colors..

Specializes in LTC, Subacute Rehab.

Our pin is round, with a blue enamel circle and "LVN" in gold letters around the edge, with the silhouette of our county & name of college in the middle.

Unfortunately our (California!) county looks like Louisiana!

No cap, but I own one for nostalgia and wore it the last day of my preceptorship.

I was given a vintage cape from Orange County General Hospital as a wedding present... it's navy with an orange lining. How ankle-length wool ever worked in SoCal I don't know, but it looks very professional. Served me well during this winter.

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