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.

"Uniforms ask to be taken seriously" -- "Pretty pink dresses": creating nursing identity, 1870-1909 -- "Trained mind in a trained body": the standardization of the ...

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 ...