Nursing is a dirty job, and wash-and-wear scrubs are much easier to clean than starched white uniforms. "You've got blood on your uniform and a variety of body fluids," Newcomer says.

Photos of nurses uniforms from the 1880s show the structured white dresses they wore. Since then, uniforms have come a long way to accommodate function and comfort, giving way to loose-fitting scrubs.

Nurse Uniforms: Who Cares What ... there was no going back to conventional, all-white nurse uniforms, ... each role or department within the hospital wears a specific color of scrubs. For example ...

UIHC mandates new, uniform scrubs for nurses. Vanessa Miller. Nov. 25, ... According to the email, a second phase of scrub color selections for nursing assistants will begin soon, ...

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 ...

Nurses at a Wiltshire hospital are exchanging uniforms for scrubs to cut healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA. Under Salisbury District Hospital’s new uniform policy, all nursing and therapy ...

Guinness World Records has decided to recognize Jessica Anderson as the world record holder for fastest marathon by a woman wearing a nurse’s uniform after initially ruling she didn’t qualify ...

A look back at nursing uniforms reveals how and why we ended up dressing the way we do. X. ... A nurse accesses the ScrubTrak scrub dispensing unit. a. ... plain white cap, ...