The feelings of most nurses who remember the traditional white nurse's uniform fall somewhere in the middle. At one time, they wore their uniforms proudly, and speak of them with fondness today.

From Florence Nightingale to Nurse Ratched, pristine white uniforms and crisply starched caps once made the American nurse instantly recognizable. But that iconic image is now a relic of the past. As ...

It’s a white coat, a cotton-blend garment worn over a dress or a shirt and tie with no extraordinary intrinsic value. Except for this: Who would you rather see standing beside your bed when you wake ...

National Nurses Week is May 6-12, and nurses at St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino observed the week by spending a day wearing traditional white nurses’ uniforms that were common until ...

Abstract Shaw K, Timmons S (2010) Exploring how nursing uniforms influence self image and professional identity. Nursing Times; 106: 10, early online publication. Background Uniforms are thought to ...

A local hospital network has implemented a controversial new rule requiring nurses to wear white uniforms. Hospital officials in the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health hospital system say white ...

Putting hospital nurses in brightly coloured, unconventional uniforms makes children more comfortable and parents more confident, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical ...

The Telangana Nurses Association has requested a change in uniforms for state-run hospitals, advocating for grey or ash-colored scrubs instead of white sarees or salwar kurtas. They argue that the ...

The move to all-white uniforms for nurses—what many consider the traditional look—did not happen overnight. Historical photographs reveal that many nurses were wearing entirely white uniforms in the ...