Nurses’ badges have changed dramatically over the years—evolving from ornate gold-and-enamel pins to the simple plastic identification cards used today. It was common place to see nurses in hospitals wearing brass and enamel badges, not something you see much in modern hospitals today. Badges were used to fasten stiffly starched detachable collars to their uniforms, […]
Nurses Badges Through the Years – Royal Adelaide Hospital showcases the evolution of nursing staff badges. Staff in hospitals today are often seen wearing modern identification cards. Often showing their name and photograph. However in the 1920s it was common to see all nurses wearing a brass or metal hospital badge. Their badges identified the […]