Recollections of a student nurse from 1947 - PT2

THE CAPPING CEREMONY

The capping ceremony was the crowning touch of every student nurse’s Freshman year. We had to serve our clinical duty at the hospital “bareheaded” for several months before our capping, and we really felt that we had earned those caps!

We received one stripe to place on the left side of our caps during our Freshman year. Near the beginning of our Junior year we were given a second stripe, and as we entered our Senior year we held our heads high with three stripes on our caps.