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 ...

Nursing uniforms are a “nonverbal, conscious statement that nurses have the skills and knowledge to care for others” (Spragley and Francis, 2006). However, wearing uniform does not automatically mean ...

When Amanda Carter started as a registered nurse in 1982, she was proud of the uniform she wore, although from a comfort and practicality point of view it left plenty to be desired. As the number of ...

There’s a fight over fashion within the Allina Health System. In May, the Minneapolis-based hospital group will start requiring workers in a dozen different job classifications to begin wearing ...

Walk into almost any healthcare setting today, and you will see employees from the desk clerk to the person cleaning the bathroom wearing surgical scrubs. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, while most ...