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Essay / The Mental Image of a Nurse: Nurse Uniform - 587
The mental image most people think a nurse wears is a long white dress, white stockings and shoes with a hat white. People ask: What makes a nurse look like she does? It all started in (1850-1900), the early days of nursing, the uniform was based on the habits of religious orders. Uniforms were introduced to the Adelaide Hospital in 1898. When nurses were in training, they wore the color blue and also wore a veil (a folded square of starched muslin) for protection. The way they knew what kind of intern they were by color. Blue (ACH), pink (RAH). What they wore with these colors was a white collar, cuffs and an apron. Before the 20th century, nurses traditionally wore uniforms and surgeons wore their own clothes during surgery. Do not use anything like sterilized clothing or protective clothing on any part of their body. Eventually, they began wearing aprons during medical procedures. In 1918, the Spanish Flu pandemic raised awareness of the spread of this dangerous infection. Nurses and doctors started wearing cotton gauze masks to protect themselves from the sick....