Nursing hat with ruffles required?

[Suninmyheart]

Literally - a round hat with ruffles all the way around and surrounded by a ribbon with a bow. Like I would imagine Florence N. to wear.

Has anyone ever seen this or work where it is required?

I was offered the job but am literally turning it down because of this.

It feels demeaning and ridiculous. How can I be taken seriously wearing this thing. No way! When I walked in for my interview I saw these hats and I just couldn't believe it.

Comments?

Sun

[theatredork]

Back to the original post, do they hire men at this facility as nurses?

I was so glad that we didn't have to wear caps at my pinning ceremony back in May. It was bad enough that I had to wear all white, which only left me with the option of scrubs.

I can't stomach the thought of wearing white for any job.

-Kevin

[elkpark]

I am, apparently, one of the last nurses in the country that doesn't have a problem with caps -- I've worked in psych most of my career and have generally worn street clothes but, to this day, if I'm in a situation that calls for wearing "whites," I wear my cap.

I don't think you really have a right to get down on nurses who DO

HAVE to wear caps, since you do NOT HAVE to. I personally used to have to wear a cap, which gave me a headache every single day of my life for all the years I had to wear it, until I finally rebelled and took the damned thing off, instantly curing my headache. BTW, no one said a single word. I felt like an idiot, having worn it and suffered as long as I did.

Are you referring to me, specifically, in your quote? (I'm wondering since it was me that you quoted in your comment.) I'm not aware that I was "getting down" on anyone -- only offering a little information and my own opinion, and I fully respect the right of others to feel differently. I'm well aware that v. few nurses share my views on this any more, and that's fine with me.

[NursingAgainstdaOdds]

*shrug*

I'm another one in the tiny minority which wishes we would go back to whites and caps. We didn't get "capped" at graduation, but we did get pins. I just ordered a very nice waist-length lab coat so I have something to wear my pin on (and keep me warm, of course). I don't like the high degree of confusion which exists in the hospital w/ regard to who's the nurse, I don't like silly cartoon scrubs, and I personally hate going to work feeling like I'm wearing pajamas every day.

But, that's just me. (And often, it really is JUST me. )

[Ms Kylee]

I swear, the world went to H*** in a handbag when women stopped wearing hats and gloves and nurses stopped wearing caps....

My school insists on white uniforms for clinicals. I did a rotation at a LTC facility, and a lot of the residents told me how much they loved seeing the students in their whites. I'll get pinned in 2009, but no cap.... I hate it when traditions get broken....

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

I swear, the world went to H*** in a handbag when women stopped wearing hats and gloves and nurses stopped wearing caps....

My school insists on white uniforms for clinicals. I did a rotation at a LTC facility, and a lot of the residents told me how much they loved seeing the students in their whites. I'll get pinned in 2009, but no cap.... I hate it when traditions get broken....

:):):) hey you can start your own tradition........ I maintain mine, at the LTC I work at, I freq. wear white and my cap....... the LTC folks, like you mentioned do get a kick out of it.....congratulations on your pining, what area are you interested in working in ??? welcome aboard !!!

[rngolfer53]

I don't have a problem with whites, but if you ask me to put on a white dress with stockings and a nursing cap we're going to have problems. To be totally honest it sounds like some male fantasy (sorry guys).

Steph:nono:

Fishnet stockings, perchance?

Signed, Male Nurse with Male Fantasies.