| Uniforms signify dedication and
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| | Graduate nurses normally wore white, and
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| discipline. Nursing uniforms help create
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| | student nurses sometimes wore blue, pink
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| the proper atmosphere in a hospital. If
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| | or checked uniforms, so that the two
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| the uniform is in a color that is not at
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| | could be distinguished by color. Nurses
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| all soothing, like blood-red or
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| | wore capes for outer wear, mostly navy
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| fluorescent green, that could bother the
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| | blue with red lining, embroidered with
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| person who is being treated. Therefore, a
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| | hospital initials.
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| nursing uniform is designed to consider
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| | With the advent of the '70s, hospitals
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| the impact on the patient regarding his
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| | began to relax the rules and uniforms
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| well-being and fast recovery.
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| | were done away with. Now most nurses can
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| However, in recent days there has been a
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| | choose their own clothing, which in most
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| lot of debate on the topic. The
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| | cases is a pantsuit or comfortable
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| complexities of nursing uniforms were
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| | surgery "scrub suit." Hospital scrubs are
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| reviewed and analyzed in an article in
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| | usually made from a 65/35 polyester
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| the year 2002. If we look back at the
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| | cotton blend for durability, although
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| history of the nursing uniforms, we might
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| | some are made with 100% cotton to ensure
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| get some interesting facts: as early as
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| | maximum comfort. These run the risk of
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| the 1800s, the nursing uniform
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| | shrinking and fading after washing,
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| represented the 'state of the art'
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| | however. One can find unisex medical
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| protection for the 'visiting nurse'. It
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| | scrubs also that are meant for both men
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| was popularly called the 'fever proof
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| | and women.
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| uniform' and it covered most of the body-
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| | Different hospitals follow different
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| but the nurse never wore any gloves or
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| | attire policies. In some hospitals, you
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| mask.
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| | are free to choose your own colors and
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| Nursing uniforms have witnessed a great
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| | styles. Some will provide you scrubs to
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| evolution during the last century or so.
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| | be worn on the premises only (washed
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| In the first two decades of the 20th
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| | daily and reused). And some will purchase
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| century, a nurse's uniform usually was an
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| | scrubs for you. The final decision
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| ankle-length dress with detachable collar
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| | usually rests with the authorities,
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| and neck. The front of the dress was
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| | though your views may not be ignored
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| covered by a massive starched apron and a
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| | altogether. Some hospitals insist on a
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| cap, resembling a mushroom, announced her
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| | blue-scrubs-only policy in the operating
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| professional identity.
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| | room, in order to prevent patients from
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| In the course of the next few decades,
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| | getting infected. One should also
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| the uniforms underwent a huge change: the
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| | remember that wearing a tee shirt
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| starched aprons were given a farewell,
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| | underneath one's scrub, if it extends
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| and hems and sleeves were cut short. The
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| | beyond the scrub, can increase chances of
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| styles often reflected the mode of the
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| | infection.
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| time, albeit in a conservative manner.
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