Nurses' badges: archaic symbols or icons of nursing?
Nurses' badges have existed in various forms for hundreds of years. With recent changes in the structure of nurse education, the tradition of presenting all newly qualified nurses with a distinctive badge appears to be on the wane. This paper briefly investigates the history of the badges, their purpose, evolution and possible extinction.
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D001363:Awards and Prizes; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000266:history*; D004616:Emblems and Insignia / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000266:history; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000266:history; D013561:Symbolism; D006113:United Kingdom