The nurse cap is a type of helm in NetHack brass. Female Healers will start out with it and the nurse uniform.

Although it gives no AC benefit, the nurse cap, in conjunction with the nurse uniform, grants level drain resistance, immunity to sickness, and hallucination resistance, as long as the player is female. A male character who wears either will instead gain aggravate monster.

Nurse clothing also makes one more proficient in the use of scissors and bandages.