The white uniform signified purity and cleanliness. In most American hospitals today, you'd be hard-pressed to find even one nurse wearing a cap or a white uniform. Mary Blankenship, nursing ...

spokeswoman for the Georgia Nurses Association Foundation. As the profession evolved, so did the uniforms, and the cap became an impractical accessory, she says. The white starched cap ...

[2] A black velvet band encircling the cap typically signified ... covering the entire uniform. The collar was embroidered with the nurse's initials and/or the name of her training school (Figure ...

“If you look at a typical nurse costume for a child, the uniform often comes with a cape and hat” Colin McNulty On Wednesday, NHS Grampian brought child-size versions of nursing uniforms into Braehead ...