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stripe on the nurses cap
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Posted 3 months ago Hi, I'm an LVN in Texas. I was wondering about the stripes on a nurses cap. One of the nurses I work with said that LVN's had navy blue stripes and RN's had black stripes. Another nurse said that you had the color of the school you graduated from.Does anyone know which is correct? Also, I just purchased a traditional cap and wanted to put a stripe on it ,but don't know how it's attached. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. |
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| Posted 2 months ago When I was in school (2 year college) our caps had burgundy stripes. That was the school color. One stripe was for finsihing the first year and the second stripe when we graduated. Of course we never got the hat until right before graduation and we glued both stripes on at the same time with hot glue. |
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| Posted 2 months ago Dont quote me on this but I think it went by the number of stripes not the color. I had 1 green stripe on my LPN and cant remember about my RN. Can you believe they use to g by sleeve lenght too. |
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| Posted 2 months ago 30+ years ago, stripes were black on a nursing cap meant diploma based school. Blue on a nursing cap meant a collegiant based school. Now, it designates school colors. Also it all depends on what state you're in. There really is no set rule, particularly now, no one wears caps (YAY) since they have been declared unsafe and harmful both to the nurse and the patients. Deb
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| Posted 2 months ago When I was a kid and in High School in the 60s the stripes idenitifed the school. The schools usually had different style caps as well.. Ginny |
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| Posted 2 months ago When I was a student nurse, in my hospital-based Diploma program, we had 1, 2 or 3 strips (green) on our caps, depending on which year we were in in the program. Graduation brought about the most coveted stripe of them all...the single black band. I even have posted my graduation photo in my profile album here for your amusement, education, or ridicule. Bear in mind that I was in nursing school from 1970-1973, so this isn't recent whatsoever. When I completed my BSN a few years back, there was no such discussion of caps in any way other than a relic of the past. I'm looking to go for my Master's degree and I'm willing to bet the topic never comes up! Oh, and I still have my cap - it's a little crumpled and getting a bit yellowed, but it's still a treasure to me. ~Christina |
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| Posted 2 months ago I was taught (by the light of a candle, written on parcment with quill) That the Black stripe was in mourning for Flo Nightengale and only one of the stripes on an RN's cap was black. The navy stripe indicated college grad. so RNs often have more than one stripe a black horizontal and a navy vertical was common.....LPN stripes were any color but black(mine was navy) and were determined by what school you attended.
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| Posted 2 months ago Dwolf: thanks for that lesson. I should have been in classes with you. Instead, I was a late bloomer. Ginny |
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| Posted 2 months ago Christina1973: If I had gone to nursing school right out of high school (1968) I would have a cap yellowing on my shelf. Methodist Hospital I rember had a red stripe on thier caps Ginny |
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| Posted 2 months ago Wow, Ginny, I hadn't heard of anyplace with a red stripe. I find it fascinating to learn of the various practices from school to school, all the types of programs, and different geographical locations. I went to nursing school immediately after high school (1970) because, except for a 6 month period where I considered being a circus trapeze artist, I always wanted to be a nurse! ~Christina |
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| Posted 2 months ago Are caps had a pink stripe. We had our capping cerimony the day Regan was shot. We got our student cap on that day and then we were given a slimmer model at graduation. I'm glad we don't wear them, but sure wish we would have gotten one for graduation from the RN program...just because. Please don't pay any attention to my misspelled words or typos. Sorry I'll try harder next time. |
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| Posted 2 months ago WoW, Thanks for all of the feedback. The information was interesting and helpful.I graduated 4 years ago and we didn't have caps. When I was a little girl I was in the hospital quite a bit and fell in love with the nurses. They treated me so special. When I grew up I wanted to be a nurse and be able to treat others special. I was very sad that nurses no longer "looked" like nurses, so I decided that I could "look" like a nurse if I wanted to, so decided to buy a cap and start wearing it. (Yes, I spend my free time watching Andy Griffin too!) I just didn't want to be"out of uniform" with the wrong color or kind of stripe. Thanks again. |
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| Posted 2 months ago One of our instructors told us the nursing hat is a sign of opression and thats why they are not worn anymore. Can anyone give me any thoughts on her statement. I'm not sure what she was talking about? |
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| Posted 2 months ago ??about sign of oppression.........more men entered the field and they do not wear caps
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| Posted 2 months ago I thought it was weird when she said it was a sign of oppression but I really didnt know what the history was behind the caps. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago starlightrn is CORRECT!!! The color is of your school. 1 line is LPN, 2 Lines is RN. It can be across the top or on the sides depending on the school you grad from so go back and ask. |
