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.
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.
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.
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. )
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....
Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.
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 !!!
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).
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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