Wow, that sounds so nice. My school doesn't allow the hats.......go figure. I wanted to wear one to graduation.

Try this.     www.uniformcorner.com     Then do a search for traditional nurse hat. I think this is what your looking for.  

Samantha, 

 PLEASE do all RN's a favor and use your spell check.  Or better yet, since you want to be ''old fashion'' pull out that dictionary and look up how to spell what your going to be doing  in May. FYI it the ''olden days'' each school of nursing had a cap that was  specific to their school/university.. Upon graduation you were banded with back ribbon, only RN's were allowed to wear the black band across their hat in recognition of your nursing achievement. LPN/LVN's usuually wore a different color but NEVER a Red Cross.

Regards,

Texas Woman's University grad 1977

This is so funny!!! I thought those old hats were long gone and hooray for that!!! They were uncomfortable, wouldn't stay on your head no matter what and my class found out before graduation that they were actually dangerous!!

Let me explain: one of my classmates got the bright idea during clinical rounds to do an experiment on our hats. My school was a hospital based school with their own hat and they were very proud of the symbolism. We had to wear those old things EVERYWHERE! We had a small red velvet stripe around the base of the hat that was removed during graduation to symbolize that we were now real nurses. My classmate and her group decided to send the hats to the lab for testing; this was during the early 90's when the big, bad infections were just becoming known and they wanted to know if it was possible to carry something on those hats. Imagine the school's surprise when the message came back that not only did they find MRSA but also VRE contaminants on the hats! Now, we were required to wear those hats in ALL clinical settings; by that time we had been in the newborn nursery, OR, several critical care units and the cath labs. Wearing those hats, germs and all!!

Needless to say, the school has retired the hat!! Students now dress for the times in easily washable scrubs and shoes that can be thrown in the washing machine. I think they only wear the hat, given to them for that purpose, on graduation day!

Where I work we have to wear caps.  Most of us buy them from Kay's Caps you can find them online @ Kayscaps.com they have been in business since 1947 and ship quick have great prices and a large variety you can even get custom made I think.

Good luck!  I wish you success in finding nurses caps.  I think that is a noble gesture.  I had one and wore it for a few years until it became obsolete.  It really was professional looking but was problem getting tangled in IV lines, etc.   

We received our caps and pins during a Candlelight ceremony with much pomp and were very honored to receive them. Mine is in a clear plastic case from Kaye's Caps. We also received a small ceramic "Nightingale" lamp.