Dansko, Sorry, DO NOT GO WITH DANSKO

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these shoes are not what they are cracked up to be, they are absolutely NOT the best nursing shoes out there, and I am a nurse! I should know! I gave these shoes plenty of time to "break-in" and get used too, no go, I do not have any injuries or any weird thing wrong with my feet, I have perfectly normal feet, these shoes are painful. DO NOT GO WITH DANSKO. I went back to running shoes, then get your tennis shoes / running shoes, forget all of the "the best nursing shoe" claims, dansko and all of the others similar to Dansko are painful and cause injury.

Specializes in ICU.

Sorry, not listening... me and my seven pairs of Danskos are going to go pow-wow in the closet and I am going to stroke them and call them my precious. I'm only sort of kidding - I really do have seven pairs of Danskos.

OP - you can give me all the ones that don't work for you. I will gladly take them and give them a home. :)

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

I have 6 pairs of Danskos. Other than sandals in the summer, it's pretty much the only footwear I wear, inside and outside of my nursing job. I've worn Danskos for the past 10 years and I LOVE them

When people complain of them not being comfortable, I've found that it's most likely due to them being too small. You want them to be loose and to move freely over your heels.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Wearing mine as I type. Love them. Sorry your experience was different!

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these shoes are not what they are cracked up to be, they are absolutely NOT the best nursing shoes out there, and I am a nurse! I should know! I gave these shoes plenty of time to "break-in" and get used too, no go, I do not have any injuries or any weird thing wrong with my feet, I have perfectly normal feet, these shoes are painful. DO NOT GO WITH DANSKO. I went back to running shoes, then get your tennis shoes / running shoes, forget all of the "the best nursing shoe" claims, dansko and all of the others similar to Dansko are painful and cause injury.

This is your experience, not everyone else's. And, I'm a nurse too!!!!!

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
I've never heard anyone claim that Danskos are the "best" nursing shoes. I know a lot of people like them v. much. I am not interested in them (I'm a Crocs girl :)), but, if other people like wearing them, so what?

I loved my Crocs, but tried Danskos...4 different pairs. I wound up selling all of them to a co-worker and going back to my Crocs.

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Specializes in ICU.

My feet are too narrow for Crocs. It's probably why I love Danskos. They are like Nikes in the fact they work for people who have narrow feet. They make tons of shoes in wide and extra wide but it's so hard to find anything in a narrow. I usually have to buy kids in tennis shoes. I never have back or leg pain after a day in the Danskos.

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Specializes in Emergency, ICU.

Well, I'm a nurse and I LOVE MY DANSKOS!!

But I get it. These are shoes you either love or hate. That simple.

For my feet, they are the absolute best thing around. I don't have 7 pairs, but close ;)

Sent from my iPhone -- blame all errors on spellcheck

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I have a huge box of various shoes I've tried and haven't liked.

Shoe preferences are as individual as nurses are.

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these shoes are not what they are cracked up to be, they are absolutely NOT the best nursing shoes out there, and I am a nurse! I should know! I gave these shoes plenty of time to "break-in" and get used too, no go, I do not have any injuries or any weird thing wrong with my feet, I have perfectly normal feet, these shoes are painful. DO NOT GO WITH DANSKO. I went back to running shoes, then get your tennis shoes / running shoes, forget all of the "the best nursing shoe" claims, dansko and all of the others similar to Dansko are painful and cause injury.

Says you.

Moi? Non.

Looooove my Danskos!

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not a fan either...tried and tried and tried with different pairs, sizes and manufacturing (box leather, patent etc...)

I'll take my Saucony's or Alegria's any day.

but again its alllllll preference

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Specializes in ICU, Adventures in school nursing.

Definitely a Danskos girl here! Used to wear a crocs-type shoe when I worked as a tech in the OR and my back killed me for years! Bought my first pair of Danskos in nursing school 15 years ago and haven't worn anything else to work since. It's definitely an individual preference.

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Specializes in Telemetry; CTSICU; ER.

I have had the opposite experience with Dansko shoes. I wear them all the time at work, I have tried other brands, but always go back to Dansko. They last the longest for me and are the most comfortable. I always go a size up then what I normally wear in regular shoes for my Danskos. Maybe you need to go up a size? They are suppose to slide slightly on the back of your feet as you walk when fitting correctly as the salesperson told me long ago and that is exactly how mine wear. I love them for work and they are my favorite brand.

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