Nursing Conferences 2019

Nursing Conferences 2019

Nursing shoes that fit and are made for walking lead to happy feet

In a Sept. 7 Facebook poll, we asked #nurses how many steps they log per nursing shift, and your answers were astounding.

One nurse said she logged between 4,000 and 8,000 steps on a weekend shift — around two to four miles, and many others logged a solid 8,000 steps per shift.

Nursing Conferences 2019

Other nurses who shared their step counts logged thousands more steps, averaging between 10,000 and 12,000 steps. A few of you even logged as many as 20,000 steps during a 12-hour shift!

Joint, back and foot pain may seem like an expected part of the job, given the amount of time nurses spend on their feet.

But experts who specialize in foot care urge you to reconsider this assumption.

Kate Clayton-Jones, MSN, MBA, RN, CFCS, CFCN, was working as a #nurse at a Massachusetts hospital when she started specializing in the foot care field in graduate school.

“I noticed an incredible number of #nurses complaining about their feet hurting at the end of their shifts,” Clayton-Jones said.

She began informally educating #nurses about how their feet, legs and muscles worked together, and she offered suggestions about how to select shoes that could reduce or eliminate pain.

According to our recent survey, 75% of female respondents and 67% of male respondents said the design of a medical show was either very important or extremely important when buying shoes.

When asked about comfort, 88% of female respondents and 83% of male respondents reported comfort was extremely important when buying medical shoes.

There are some simple ways to maximize comfort for #nurses who may be walking up to 50 miles a week on the job. We talked to Clayton-Jones, founder of FootCare by Nurses, about best practices for selecting #nursing shoes

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