Almost as important as the cap was the nursing school pin. In the 19th century, pins were a tradition of the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas's Hospital in London, where students were ...

Skirt from student nurse uniform worn by the donor's mother, Althea Lane De Camp, of Chester, New Jersey, when she trained at Passaic General Hospital, 1897-1899. De Camp was part of the first class ...

Twenty-first century school nurses are a far cry from the mythic lady in a crisp white uniform wielding a thermometer, ice pack and students’ home numbers. The profession has undergone enormous ...

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 ...