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Currently, what do you guys recommend as the best nursing shoes for men? I'd love to try a pair of the Timberland PRO Renova Professional Slip-On, but they are only made for females. When it comes to nursing supplies, men seem to be left with a limited selection.
I have to throw my hat in here because its an issue that drives me crazy. Why does there have to be this demasculinization process of male nurses entering the nursing field? Clogs...seriously? Your mom or your sister wears clogs...not you! When I entered nursing field...I also bought into all the hype of what I should be wearing and paid $120 for danskos. I wore them for few years and then started travel nursing across the country and noticed most of guys just wearing sneaks. My advice is keep your money in your pocket and just get sneaks that do two things: 1) breath (some type of mesh or light weight material 2) gel/memory foam insole. Don't worry about spilling things on them because once you know what your doing you will rarely spill anything on them. If you do simply put them thru washing machine.
My program requires all white, skid free shoes. I'm a 12w so that limits me to very few pairs. I've seen most staff wearing nikes or some other type of street sneaker. Some places are more strict than others. I'm getting away with crocs at the moment but they're against the rules at my school. Yes they're white, skid free and ugly as hell.
ArtClassRN, ADN, RN
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K Swiss works for me.