How do I wear this?

[not now]

I graduate tonight. We didn't wear caps during school but we do have to wear them to graduation. The order was late getting in so we couldn't pick them up until this morning. How do I wear this thing? Does it sit back on my head? Towards the fromt? I have no clue and I'm short on time. Help! Also, how the heck do I keep it on? I have images of it sliding off my head as I'm walking across the stage in my head.

The cap looks almost exactly like this:

[Forcemaster]

One of our RTs had a "utility belt", too. He had everything he needed, including a wrench for O2 tanks (on the transport units), assorted tapes, scissors. Once he put his tool belt on, he was working!

Forcemaster, you have a great idea! I bet you were very popular w/the nurses!

One of my scissors has, built into the handle, a thing to open O2 tanks and the tip of the same is a screwdriver... not quite sure why i need a screwdriver... but the O2 thing has come in handy setting patients up with portable 02 as no one on my ward ever seems to change over the flow-regulator on our portable tanks (which means we often end up having to set up the portable O2 on the fly while we give the porter or transport crew a cup of tea :rotfl: )

And although I was popular for all the gear I carry around, my good marks came more from the copious quantities of chocolate I always seemed to have with me

I thought i'd have to use brown envelopes stuffed with cash to get my 1st... but all it took was lots of choc

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

Take a small cotton ball and bobby pin it to the crown of your head. Then inside the cap there should be a small piece of material you can attach another bobby pin to(found at the very front of the cap). With great care, pin the cap to the cotton ball. Then secure the sides down with yet more bobby pins.

NOW you know why we were happy to get rid of the things. It will give you great posture though as you try not to move your head too quickly and walk perfectly upright.

BTW, do the men have to wear caps too? My husband is bald, I guess he couldn't go to graduation if he needed a cap. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA

He could always use superglue :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Starnan]

These days at graduation, nurses are capped with a mortar board just the same as all other graduates with a degree.

41 years ago we wore those caps with pride, even if they were a bit tricky. They singled us out from everyone else. Nowadays, patients have trouble working out who is the nurse from everyone else, & it doesn't help them to have to do this.

But we stopped wearing the nurses caps over 30 years ago.

[rachellesgram]

I just went to orientation for this fall and on our uniform list is a cap we are required to buy. They told us one of the clinical facilities we will be going to still requires the staff to wear caps so we must as well. UGH. I am looking forward to capping and pinning ceremonies, but to try to actually work while wearing it, that's a whole other thing. I truly admire those of you that wore them all the time for work. Can't even imagine the work that goes into cleaning and starching this cap. Guess I need to go add starch and an iron to my list of school supplies now :chuckle

try a good old fashioned Chinese laundry--they do a wonderful job!!!

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

Any cap that would need starching now days would have to stay rumpled in my dresser. Kays Caps and others sell the pre-formed/ prestarched caps so I'd just buy another one.....if forced to. Haven't seen any of my caps in nearly 25 years.

[TypicalFish]

They still make those things?

Be sure and not wear any underwear under your gown as a symbol of freedom from school. It's a tradition.

OMG! I wish I would of thought of that! That would of kept all of us laughing the whole way through the hour long guest speakers speech......