I found a website where I could order a nursing cap that looks like the hat I use to have many moons ago. I ordered it along with a hat bag to keep it dust free when I'm not wearing it. It is due to arrive in two or three days. I'm soooooooo excited! :)
Tomorrow I'm going out to the uniform shop and buy myself a white uniform and new shoes. I'm already starting to feel the excitement just from the anticipation of dressing as I did when I graduated 16 years ago. I feel like a little kid right now! :chuckle
If anyone is interested in purchasing a hat for themselves or for someone else, here is the link to the site I ordered my hat from:
Laurasc, I too got a pin at our nurses pinning, and I also graduated from a Community College.......the best in the world (okay, so it's a prejudice opinion )!
I got my hat once we started clinicals, and we added a stripe each time we finished a rotation of clinicals in a two year period of clinicals taking place. By the time graduation came around, we got to put on the full red velvet stripe around the top of the hat. Mannnnnn was I proud! First kid of six in my family to get a college education! You bet I was grinning from ear to ear.....all teeth I was. :chuckle
rebel_red and jnette.......thanks a bunch for the warm fuzzies! :kiss
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You've inspired me, Renee. I believe I may order one myself. My boss, who is very old-fashioned, would probably love it lol. And Io have a pretty old-fashioned streak about some things, too.
You're quite welcome Nurse Ratched! Let us know if you get your hat, too. Post a pic, too! This is sooooooo much fun........the simple anticipation of it all! (hee-hee). :rotfl:
Deb......just call me DIXIE Nurse........close enough to being a DIXIE Chick eh? :rotfl: :kiss
renee, you are a talking the right thing now, hats are cool period. i had a former charge nurse who wore hers daily and i am speaking of recent, last year. i also worked at a nh that mandated all nurses, lpns and rns, to wear their white uniforms and hats.
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Laurasc, I too got a pin at our nurses pinning, and I also graduated from a Community College.......the best in the world (okay, so it's a prejudice opinion
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I got my hat once we started clinicals, and we added a stripe each time we finished a rotation of clinicals in a two year period of clinicals taking place. By the time graduation came around, we got to put on the full red velvet stripe around the top of the hat. Mannnnnn was I proud! First kid of six in my family to get a college education! You bet I was grinning from ear to ear.....all teeth I was. :chuckle
rebel_red and jnette.......thanks a bunch for the warm fuzzies! :kiss
3rdShiftGuy.......You bet I'll be smiling!