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 ...

That clean white coat worn by your medic may not be so hygienic after all. Because nurses' and doctors' uniforms are likely to be contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria, research suggests.

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Colour-coded nurses' uniforms to help patients in Wales recognise who is in charge on hospital wards are ...

New nurses uniforms currently being introduced by two health trusts in Wales are causing skin irritation for some wearers. The new all-Wales uniforms are designed to make it easier for patients to ...

A row has broken out over a hospital trust’s decision to give nurses ‘Do Not Disturb’ uniforms to wear during routine ward duties to prevent patients from speaking to them. When nurses are wearing the ...

But nursing was changing: It was becoming a profession with standards of education, practice, behavior, and dress all its own. It is possible that as nurses began to see themselves as trained ...