Nurse costumes are so popular because there are so many options.
We've all seen the sexy nurse costumes come out around Halloween (and on the shelves during the rest of the year in adult shops).
It takes a certain bravery to wear the naughty nurse costume: a short skirt that shows lots of leg and a low cut top that bares lots of cleavage is the norm, and definitely not for the shy! Accessories like a nurse's cap, white fishnets and high heels complete the adult nurse costume, which is best suited for a bar or club - not so much for the office or family Halloween party.
One office-approved option is to go as a hospital nurse in scrubs, with a stethoscope around your neck.
It's easy - you can buy a nurse costume online, or find cheap nursing scrubs at a specialty store.
If you have a friend who can go as a doctor, even better.
A scary nurse costume can be a lot of fun to put together.
I've seen fake blood on scrubs, zombie makeup, even someone holding a fake severed arm.
Get creative and the scary nurse costume will easily come together.
A unique costume is the old time or war nurse.
You can wear a crisp white smock, large nurse cap held on with bobby pins, beige stockings and comfortable shoes.
If you curl your hair and wear pale makeup and red lipstick, you really capture the nursing uniforms of the time.
Or, go way back to the Civil War - think Florence Nightingale - when nurses wore long sleeved dresses (blue or black mostly) that nearly touched the ground.
Over the dress Civil War nurses wore a white apron, sometimes with the Red Cross logo, and a large white hat.