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I remember when nurses wore all white, tailored type uniforms, and interesting caps/hats. And most nurses were women.
Orderlies were around, too. They were men.
Scrubs, the standard uniform nowadays, were only used for operations, etc.
My mother was a nurse. She washed her cap once a week, starched it, and stuck it to the refrigerator door to dry. It had to be folded and pinned. You also needed hair pins to keep the stupid things on.
and you could tell which school a nurse went to by her cap.
I remember having to wear all white-worked in the lab, not as a nurse.
I loved when scrubs became permitted.
I remember when the CBS peacock announced that the following tv show was in color. oops-I mean living color.
All of our school visiting nurses looked pretty much the same--like Jessie from General Hospital. We had some repeats, but they changed every few years.
I remember when breakfast food cereal boxes were on two shelves and about 10-12 foot long at the grocery store. Now they take up all the space in two food aisles for all the different kinds at the store.
My mother was a nurse. She washed her cap once a week, starched it, and stuck it to the refrigerator door to dry. It had to be folded and pinned. You also needed hair pins to keep the stupid things on.
Correct PAHippo
From what my mother told me on Nurses Cap... the style and fold of the cap is a hallmark from the college you graduated from.. a nurse of 30+ years+ surgical.
When I worked at the hospital I had the white pants and bib button down jacket white Doc. Kildare look
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