Nursing uniforms have come a long way since the days of Florence Nightingale. In the "old days", these stiff white garbs were thick, bulky, and intimidating. Along with a stout set of shoes an apron and a nurse cap, these old uniforms could make Jennifer Aniston look like Nurse Ratchet.

These days, medical uniforms are more dynamic in their look, style, and feel. new nursing uniforms are designed to be sanitary, functional, comfortable, and durable, allowing them to be used effectively in medical facilities, labs, hospitals, and clinics.

Nursing uniforms, commonly referred to as "scrubs" because of the way doctors and surgeons would scrub their arms and hands with cleansers and water to sterilize them before a medical operation or procedures, are now colorful, comfortable and stylish, yet remain functional and practical.

The design of some nursing scrubs almost makes people think that they were designed to be worn as casual wear in the outside world, instead of just inside the medical building. Certainly this wasn't something that was likely considered when nurses started wearing uniforms a hundred and more years ago.