Nurse Jacquie Long will soon trade in one set of scrubs for another as she goes about her job in the critical-care unit at Trinity Rock Island. Long will say goodbye to her uniform top in a ...

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 ...

Sheer dresses and short skirts may have been scandalous, but they were still a variation on the established theme of white dresses. Wearing pants was more daring, as well as significant. This was not ...

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System is changing its uniform policy to ensure patients can identify registered nurses and other healthcare workers, according to The Daily Item. 1. The changes ...

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"It is about really understanding the 'why' behind it—of knowing what is the purpose you are looking for and seeking feedback from the community," Krech says. "It's important that the key stakeholders ...

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health’s proposal to change its dress code for nurses has sparked resistance, according to The Buffalo News. The change would require unionized nurses at Kaleida facilities ...

Almost as important as the cap was the nursing school pin. In the 19th century, pins were a tradition of the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas's Hospital in London, where students were ...