She wears a nurses' uniform consisting of a short-sleeved dress, apron, cap and closed, long-necked shoes.

The monument was a donation from the Foundation for the Advancement of Artistic Purposes (Fonden til kunstneriske Formaals Fremme) with funding from the Goldschmidt Grant for the Embellishment of Copenhagen (Fhv.

He found the model for the statue by studying the group photographs of graduating nurses from Copenhagen Municipal Hospital in 1938 and selected Pia Kappel, née Togeby (1910–2004) for her "sculptural appearance".

The statue was unveiled on 1 September 1941, the 65th anniversary of the introduction of the first professional training programme for nurses in Denmark.

Bregnø explained that he had intentionally chosen the design with an obstinate child to avoid an overly twee expression.