Are Crocs good for Nursing

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Some people say that these disrupt Nurse equipment but I've worn them at work and nothing has happened.

http://www.jellyegg.com/croc_shoes/307-1/index.asp

Has anyone else had any experiences with them because I don't want to ruin anything at work and I'm worried.

Specializes in Telemetry, Oncology, Progressive Care.

For all you people that get the croc stop you need to learn the croc walk and then you won't have the croc stop.

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Specializes in Cardiac.

But I forget the croc walk...! I usually only do the croc stop when I'm relaying very important information to a Dr or my boss~!!!

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Specializes in Operating Room.
A coworker recommended placing a piece of tape (plastic tape) towards the toe on the bottom of each of my crocs to prevent Croc Stop. It actually works well but my Crocs are Pearl colored and the tape quickly turns a nasty black which looks cruddy if you look at the bottom of your shoe. I usually only notice it when I'm on the phone waiting to give report but it still bothers me seeing it. :uhoh21: I just change the tape frequently between washings but I'm curious to try the new Crocs for Professionals since another poster remarked that they don't give you the dreaded sudden stop. I noticed the even newest version of Crocs for nurses have closed heels in addition to the closed toes and they conform to your foot similar to how Danskos do. I also notice they have extra tread gripping toward the toe. I would think that would make Croc Stop even worse. Has anyone tried any of the new designs listed on this website below? I don't remember the Professional Crocs having the toe tread. They aren't listed in this link:

http://www.uniformadvantage.com/pages/dpt/crocs.asp

See four posts up The Specialists are comfortable and I haven't had a Croc stop yet.
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Specializes in LTC, med-surg, critial care.

I love my Crocs but not at work. I was wearing them out way too quickly. The tread on the bottom would be gone within three months. Plus, I found out the hard way that a dropped needle will get stuck in the shoe (I only wore the closed version).

Now I wear Birkenstock clogs. It's got the classic Birkenstock foot bed but it can be removed and the shoe autoclaved if need be. Why you would "need" to autoclave the shoe is beyond me but at least I know it can be washed in hot water! They are harder than Crocs so a needle would bounce off the shoe rather than get stuck in it

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See four posts up The Specialists are comfortable and I haven't had a Croc stop yet.

I noticed that AFTER I made my post, my bad, lol. I plan to get a pair of those. They look like that have better arch support also. Thanks for the feedback.

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Now I wear Birkenstock clogs. It's got the classic Birkenstock foot bed but it can be removed and the shoe autoclaved if need be.

I only wear Birks period now. I got the white Boston and ordered the high-arch model for knicking around. ALL of my foot problems disappeared since I made the switch to Briks.

Next is a long, grey braid and hand-knitted striped socks.

:eek:

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Specializes in NICU, Telephone Triage.
Some people say that these disrupt Nurse equipment but I've worn them at work and nothing has happened.

http://www.jellyegg.com/croc_shoes/307-1/index.asp

Has anyone else had any experiences with them because I don't want to ruin anything at work and I'm worried.

Crocs are the only shoes I can wear to work, they're the only ones I've found comfortable, and I have generic ones!

They're also easy to clean.

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Crocs Whore here! I have 8 pairs which range from the functional Pearl to my favorite Pirates of the Caribbean ones... I don't wear regular shoes anymore and my feet stopped hurting after the first night I wore them.

LOL, how funny. I didn't know they had Pirates ones!!

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Specializes in Cardiac.
and I have generic ones!

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We call those 'frocs' (fake crocs)

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are the frocs any good?

leslie

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Oh lordie-not in my opinion! Crocs are Waaaaaaaaaaaay better than frocs!

Have you seen all the new crocs on their website?! There's like, a hundred! I just put a few on my christmas list (even though I have 8 pairs already) But hey-a true croc lover needs to have the ones that are fuzzy inside!

http://www.crocs.com/

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Education.

What do you call it when you're not wearing crocs??!! :lol2:

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