Nursing Pin for $115

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Our nursing pin costs $115. This seems overpriced to me.

Typically, 70% of the student class opts out of purchasing it because of the cost. If you opt out of getting it, for the pinning ceremony, you get pinned with a fake cheap pin.

I'm on the fence as to whether to get it or not because while the $115 is a lot of money, the cheap pin seems kind of tacky to me.

What are your thoughts?

Is a nursing pin worth $115?

Specializes in Head trauma Rehab, NeuroPsych 3.

Hey-Hey, still have mine after 30 years, my school had a capping ceremony. While the ladies got caps, the guys (all 4 of us) got a pin, says our name and RN BSN I am still as proud and happy now as the day I got it. Like others thru the years there have been times I wore it on my ID badge or a lab or my Whites, now it's all scrubs, and not as visible, and in my current post, can be used inappropriately for patient selfcutting, or injury to others. It still is a keepsake and if / when I am teaching, I'm certain I'll be again wearing it daily....

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Specializes in Homecare-Pediatrics.

we didnt have to choose a pin, my school supplied them at graduation at no cost to us, go figure......

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Specializes in ED, Critical Care.

Eh, I didn't buy a pin or attend graduation. I'm doing just fine without either.:D

Whats the point of a nursing pin again? I have never witnessed one these worn by any nurses I work with.

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Specializes in Cardiac ICU.

Yep, I shelled out $96 for my nursing pin that is so TINY that you can barely read what it says - not even 14K, either! So if 30 years from now I'm wearing it, one would have to have their eyeball plastered to my chest to see what it says. I bought a basic Registered Nurse pin to wear at work - larger and easier to see.

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Specializes in Rehab/LTC.

My graduating class had several options ranging in price from $65 to $150. I chose none of them as I was not even planning to go to the pinning ceremony or the graduation. Not important to me. I did buy a goldtone pin from a catalog for about $6 and wear that on the rare occassion. I never felt the need for a pin, especially one that states my school name and emblem - YUCK! Who cares!

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