Appropriate Winter Footwear

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Specializes in critical care; community health; psych.

I have been loving being out on the roads this time of year. My routes often take me through rural SW PA (Go Steelers!) with its beautiful hills. While I appreciate this part of the job, I know the reverse side of the coin is Winter. Ugh! Those beautiful hills become trecherous icy slopes and homebound people do not shovel. Being new in home care and terrified of falling, what do you experienced HH nurses wear on your feet? By the way, I'm fairly new to snow too having come from Florida a couple of years ago so I hope you understand my ignorance of this subject. Please tell me what you recommend.

Thanks.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Well, I live in central IL and do call at a hospital 55 miles away and during the winter there is nothing better than my Lands End boots - warm but not too warm and you can't slide in them - absolutely love them. Good luck.

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Well, winter is upon us and it is time to get out that footwear. I always tried to get a good pair of boots that had functional (versus fashionable) soles and heels. I have seen and heard about some contraptions you can put on your footwear for traction, but have never had the occasion to try them. As badly as I hate to walk in icy and snowy conditions, I think something like this might be useful in preventing some nasty falls. Hope you have found something practical.

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Specializes in critical care; community health; psych.
Well, winter is upon us and it is time to get out that footwear. I always tried to get a good pair of boots that had functional (versus fashionable) soles and heels. I have seen and heard about some contraptions you can put on your footwear for traction, but have never had the occasion to try them. As badly as I hate to walk in icy and snowy conditions, I think something like this might be useful in preventing some nasty falls. Hope you have found something practical.

I have a pair of those "contraptions". They're ice grippers... removal studs for your shoes. They're a downright pain in the butt cuz you have to remove them before you go inside. On, off, on, off, on, off!!! But, they do work.

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Pain in the butt like you say, but I've taken a nasty fall or two so would rather avoid landing on my noggin' or my butt for that matter. Hate to think what would happen if I really fell hard some time.

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