nursing school pins

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Specializes in retired LTC.

There's a current thread about whether OP should go to her school's pining ceremony. And comments vary including the purchase of nursing school pins.

I didn't want to hijack the thread, so I will ask this question in a separate thread -

How many of you nurses out there actually do wear your school pins to work today???

I find this weird because last night, I had a vivid dream about wearing my 2 school pins on my white lab coat.

So I ask - who wears their school pin???

To administrators - Sorry I should have posted this under GENERAL, not Student. Can you guys move it??? Thanks

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

ME! I have actually had to re-order my school pin twice since I graduated in '81. Lost the first one after a few years & the second one was damaged. And those suckers got more expensive each time - LOL. I now have it secured to the plastic sleeve that holds my employee ID badge. I also make sure that the little chain thingy is attached as well - don't want to have to buy yet another one.

Back in the day - when nurses wore caps - you could tell which school everyone was from by that cap. Nowadays, the school pin is a non gender-specific way to fulfill the same function. It is a symbol of accomplishment - and an acknowledgement of our own nursing roots. I am proud to have graduated from that school. It's frequently recognized - by other alumni as well as grads from other schools. Some of my pin-wearing colleagues graduated from schools that are no longer in existence today. That doesn't make them any less loyal to "their" schools.

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I've worked in psych, and have worn street clothes for work, most of my career, and the pin would be inappropriate with street clothes. However, whenever I've wore whites, or a lab coat, I've worn my pin(s) proudly. I currently work in a position in which I wear a white coat over street clothes, and I wear my pin(s) every day. (If I worked in a position in which I wore uniforms, I would wear whites and my cap proudly.)

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.

I don't wear my pin, but I've seen hospital nurses that do. Right now, I work with agencies, and it wouldn't work well to wear it with my current jobs. I might wear it later with future jobs, and certainly to any nursing conferences through associations.

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