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 ...

In the coming months, patients and guests at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will see a more uniform and 'professional' appearance among the facility's thousands of nurses. Instead of the ...

Michelle Carrick won't buy scrubs that don't have pockets. "Nurses need them," said Carrick, a registered nurse at Jennings Center for Older Adults. In them she stows alcohol pads, scissors, adhesive ...

It’s National Nurses Week 2022 and that means deals, discounts and more. So, toss those well worn scrubs, because now is the time to buy. But before you just grab the scrubs with the lowest price tag, ...

Nurses at a Wiltshire hospital are exchanging uniforms for scrubs to cut healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 peer-reviewed clinical articles, exclusive ...

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 ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Finding ways to bring fun to the demanding medical profession is the goal of a local "scrub swap" event. Julie Blaakman, the owner of The CareShop and a medical field veteran of over ...

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 ...

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 ...