Editing Nurse uniform (section)

==Nurse uniforms versus scrubs==
[[File:Krankenschwester doku1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[Germans|German]] nurse in scrubs.]]
Beginning in the 1990s, and until the present time, the traditional nurse uniforms have been replaced with the "new" scrub dress in some countries. Most hospitals in the US and Europe argue that the scrub uniform is easier to clean than the old nurse uniforms.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Vikke HS, Giebner M | title = UniStatus - a cross-sectional study on the contamination of uniforms in the Danish ambulance service | journal = BMC Research Notes | volume = 8 | pages = 95 | date = March 2015 | pmid = 25889860 | pmc = 4376367 | doi = 10.1186/s13104-015-1057-4 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The nurses who wear the uniforms are divided into two camps:

* Those who prefer the new scrubs; disliked the old white nurse dress uniforms.
* The nurses who liked the old white nurse dress uniforms; they argue that nurses who wear scrubs are seen by the patients as cleaners or surgeons {{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} and cannot be identified as nurses.

In many parts of the world, nurses continue to wear a uniform consisting of a dress, pinafore and cap. The traditional white uniform for male nursing staff is now going out of fashion, except for student nurses. A tunic of either the dental surgeon style or a V-neck with a collar is very often used. The colours vary with grade, area of work, and hospital; however, the male equivalent of a sister (that is, charge nurse) tend to be shades of blue or dark green: often, this is the only colour to be recognised by the public as signifying a person in authority.

===Nursing jewellery===
[[Image:Nurses Fob Watch.svg|thumb|right|Nurses' watch]]
Nurses were actively discouraged from wearing jewellery which might distract from their purpose and get caught on patient skin during care activity. A '''fob''' watch or ''pendant'' watch is considered synonymous with nursing. The fob watch frees the nurses' hands for client care and prevents the wrist watch becoming a vector for disease. Watches are sometimes given as a token [[Rites of passage|rite-of-passage]] gift from parents to young nurses, who are making the transition into nurses' quarters and live away from home for the first time.