Question: For many years, nurses wore caps. Now they don’t seem to wear them anymore. Why did they stop? Answer: Once an integral part of a nurse’s uniform, caps began disappearing in the 1960s, ...

Before entering the locker room, a nurse approaches a large vending machine. After swiping his badge, he presses several buttons on a digital screen. He then removes a pair of correctly sized scrubs ...

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 ...

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 ...

PLANS for a new infection-fighting uniform for nurses across Wales will be unveiled this week. The new compulsory uniform will be designed to reduce the risk of hospital super-bugs, such as MRSA, ...

Kuantan MP Wan Razali Wan Nor asked if Putrajaya will continue following the ‘Western mould’ on nurses’ dress code. A PAS MP wants changes to be made to the dress code for nurses, saying the uniform ...

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 ...