From Florence Nightingale to Nurse Ratched, pristine white uniforms and crisply starched caps once made the American nurse instantly recognizable. But that iconic image is now a relic of the past. As ...
In the coming months, patients and guests at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will see a more uniform and 'professional' appearance among the facility's thousands of nurses. Instead of the ...
Michelle Carrick won't buy scrubs that don't have pockets. "Nurses need them," said Carrick, a registered nurse at Jennings Center for Older Adults. In them she stows alcohol pads, scissors, adhesive ...
Nurses at a Wiltshire hospital are exchanging uniforms for scrubs to cut healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 peer-reviewed clinical articles, exclusive ...
Nurses have mastered the concept of working harder and smarter to make it look like an art. But even during a long and often ...
No doubt, the most intimidating and yet most fascinating part of any hospital is the operating room. Tile walls, bright lights and the smell of sterility are the backdrops upon which life-and-death ...
Before entering the locker room, a nurse approaches a large vending machine. After swiping his badge, he presses several buttons on a digital screen. He then removes a pair of correctly sized scrubs ...
SPOKANE, Wash. - Finding ways to bring fun to the demanding medical profession is the goal of a local "scrub swap" event. Julie Blaakman, the owner of The CareShop and a medical field veteran of over ...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- United Hospital nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic were standing curbside Monday afternoon outside the ER, taking a break from battling the virus to instead amplify ...