Required to wear all white and carry a flower during pinning cermony

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I just had my graduation....I felt girly because the students chose to wear all white and we had to carry a girly flower...I mean, if males dont speak up about this, it would seem that it is a female profession..Just to note, the females did plan this pinning ceremony and I know for a fact, that it had a feminine tone to it..It was suited for females and not unisexed! Now that is not fair at all!

Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.

My father was a manly man...tough as nails.

His favorite gift was beautiful flowers.

Real men don't have to prove it...they just are.

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I don't get the part about the flower, but I do get the part about wearing all white;

If you wanted something different, then you should have gone to the planning meetings.. don't expect other people to fight your battles for you.

As far as the tradition of Florence Nightingale goes, she is not obsolete because in her day no nurses were male; she is still an explempar today because her theories resound within enlightened humans, both male and female that live today.

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My father was a manly man...tough as nails.

His favorite gift was beautiful flowers.

Real men don't have to prove it...they just are.

One reason I enjoy buying flowers for my wife is they are almost as beautiful as she.

:flowersfo

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His favorite gift was beautiful flowers.

Real men don't have to prove it...they just are.

Hi,

A gentleman always knows the appropriate gift for a lady. :)

Thanks,

Matthew

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Specializes in ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP.

You could always skip across the stage instead of walk after they hand you your flower!

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When I graduated forever ago (only male nurse in my class) they told me everyone had to wear the traditional nursing cap for graduation.

I told them they could mail me my diploma.

They quickly made an exception for me and the onyl girly thing I had to do was walk around with a Nightingale candle. I lived.

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Maybe it's just me, but I would jump down the aisle on a pogo stick in a grass skirt if that's what the school wanted. It's only a ceremony!

I guess I feel this way because I have a such long way to go--my congratulations to you !!

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My father was a manly man...tough as nails.

His favorite gift was beautiful flowers.

Real men don't have to prove it...they just are.

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Nursing students at my old school had to attend two ceremonies. One was the cap and gown commencement and the other was the candlelighting. We were also told that we had to wear all-white at the candlelighting. The girls had to wear those stiff matronly-looking white dresses, white stockings, white nursing shoes, a white cap on their heads; and the guys had to wear white pants, white nursing shoes, white shirts, a white tie, and an optional white jacket. The guys did not have to wear anything on their heads, thank God. Then we had to go up as our names were called to accept our white, lit, porcelain lanterns from the dean.

At first I thought we would look silly dressed up in all that white. But, it was quite dramatic and very beautiful to look at when they turned down the lights in the church and all the lanterns were glowing next to the white clothes and our proud faces. And the pictures looked awesome!

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Specializes in M.S.N.(ACNP/FNP), ICU/Flight, Paramedic.

HOWEVER; let's say that at an M.D. graduation, the males and females

were required to wear a suit and a tie, "Because M.D. IS FOR MEN ONLY!"

Women's Rights activist would be all over it as well as the media.

btw: "Because M.D. IS FOR MEN ONLY!" was used to make a point, and I do not

promote this ideology".

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I still remember my graduation ceremony, and it was 27 years ago. I went to one of the MOST traditional schools in existence. Yes, we wore all white, yes we had caps, but we assuredly did NOT make our male graduates wear caps or carry flowers. (Actually, no flowers for anyone).

This whole scenario seems a bit odd to me.

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And PS, OUR candlelighting ceremony took place in our first year, 3rd semester,in PRIVATE. No parents, or onlookers. Just us and the vows we had made to our profession. Sounds kind of cultish now, but at the time it was quite special and meaningful, and this was in 1972.

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