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 ...

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 ...

During the First and Second World Wars, nurses wore the iconic uniform with a large red cross emblem worn on the apron as depicted in Banksy’s painting. This symbol could be seen at a distance, ...

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 ...

Hopefully nurses who are given the new uniform get more than 2 or 3, or at least have an option to buy additional uniforms for their own convenience if it is not deemed 'essential' to get 4 uniforms.

The neat, orderly uniforms - and eventual accouterments from aprons to capes - were a badge of honor and a source of pride for nurses, she says. "This is the image of the nurse," says Brodie, an ...

Jessica Anderson was denied the Guinness Record for running in a nurse’s uniform, because the record required a dress. Following review of the rules and current nurse uniforms, Guinness updated ...

Nurse Symbol 3: The Nurse’s Uniform. ... The traditional uniform typically consisted of a blue dress, pinafore apron and the aforementioned cap. It also sometimes included a nursing pin, ...

The 2015 record-holder had worn a blue and white striped dress, an apron and a Red Cross cap. But Ms. Anderson’s record, 3 hours 8 minutes 22 seconds, at the marathon on April 28 was initially ...

One is a pastry-cook. Another dreams of becoming a bookseller. All have slammed the door on the hospitals where they used to work, exhausted by wave after wave of COVID-19 patients.

Uniforms made of wool could not be laundered as easily as today's cotton garments; hence, nurses wore aprons, bibs, collars, and cuffs that could be removed for more frequent washing.