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.

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 ...

Guinness World Records will review its criteria for the fastest marathon by a person dressed as a nurse (yes, that’s a real thing) after a London-based nurse complained that her time didn’t qualify ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last week, the story surfaced of Jessica Anderson, a runner declared ineligible for the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon run in a nurse’s uniform because she ran it in scrubs—her actual ...

A nurse who ran the fastest marathon in uniform has been denied a spot in the record books — because she was wearing modern-day scrubs instead of an old-fashioned nurses dress. Jessica Anderson ...

GARDNER — Last week, 39 licensed practical nursing students from 25 communities were welcomed into the nursing profession during the traditional nurses pinning ceremony that marks the end of their ...

Jessica Anderson, who is a nurse, was hoping to break the Guinness World Record for fastest marathon run in a nurse’s uniform at the London Marathon. She figured she would wear her actual work uniform ...

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 ...