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.

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — It was once an iconic symbol. Upon graduation from nursing school, a newly minted nurse would receive her cap as a symbol of her success and entrance into the profession of ...

A hospital in southwestern Iowa is joining a national volunteer organization that pays tribute to nurses who have died or who are in hospice care. Registered nurse Sara Beth Jones spearheaded the ...

You rarely see traditional white nurses’ uniforms these days–except on Halloween. Doctors and nurses all wear the same scrubs, making it hard for patients to tell one from the other. The editors at ...

Many were from little Iowa towns and just 18 years old. They wanted to be nurses and came to the big city of Des Moines, at first afraid of getting lost, but just three years later holding patients’ ...

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 ...