Read on for an exploration into the nurse symbol meanings and their amazing origin stories! Learn the interesting life story of Saint Agatha, the Patron Saint of Nurses! The nursing caduceus is ...

Whoever started putting the ancient Greek icon on American public health officers’ uniforms had it confused with another snake-and-staff symbol. The caduceus is the “Born in the U.S.A.” of ...

The caduceus is the “Born in the U.S.A.” of Greek iconography: Everyone seems to think it stands for something it doesn’t.