Nurse Uniforms: Who Cares What Nurses Wear? Looking Back, Looking Ahead Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS Disclosures April 06, 2017 0 The Scrubs Era ...

But there was a time when all nurses wore uniforms, Strike said, and the color always was white. “Even today, kids who are 3 or 4 years old have this idea that a nurse wears white,” she said.

Incidentally, the world record for a man dressed in a nurse’s uniform is held by Alistair Smith, who ran the 2016 London Marathon in 2:45:37 while wearing the traditional outfit (dress and all ...