Height Fright

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Specializes in Travel M/S/T LTAC.

Hello, all! I'm about to begin nursing school and am a bit concerned about potential problems related to my being 81" tall. Any taller nurses out there dealing with this situation (bumping into overhead monitors, equipment, etc.)?

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Nope! Im 5'8! Thats the least of my worries :)

Usually patients feel really unsafe with me during ambulations and transfer

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I'm 76" tall (6'4") and find that I tower over most people I work with. Other than finding it a little hard to find scrubs that fit, I have managed. Being a large person, I am evidently useful for helping EMS/Paramedics transport patients to their gurneys....along with visually functioning like security/being a show of support for coworkers dealing with uncooperative patients. I also have a difficult time getting anything but extra large latex gloves to fit. =)

-Drew

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Specializes in Travel M/S/T LTAC.

Heh - "...visually functioning like security/being a show of support for coworkers..." I can see that happening. Good to hear your side of this! And yeah, only the largest gloves fit.

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Well I am 6'5 and when I'm doing clinicals most people don't mind. They are amazed more than anything else. I rarely hit my head on anything cause I'm very cautious and the older, shorter generation seems to love it. LOL. So don't feel awkward or anything. :o)

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Specializes in icu/er.

i'm right at 6'1 and i always wack my head on lights and swing arms in the unit and er. there are just so many females that are 5'2-5'8 that pull those things down so to there arm reach level.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

Most of the time those extra large gloves are a ***** to find seeing as how most floors have entirely female staff, and forget trying to find a pair of sterile gloves that you'll actually be able to put on without tearing in half.

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To echo previous post, try finding any gloves on the maternity floor that are above a size medium. Other than, at 6'1'' it seems to take forever for the bed to rise to what is supposed to be optimal working height.

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Being 6'2" you just need to watch your head on things. The biggest pain is raising and lowering the bed so you don't ruin your back after 1-2 years. That and the fact that the female nurses view you as being a human forklift.

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6'5" here. I just graduated this month. The only problems I ever had were finding long enough scrub tops (scrub shops will often add extensions onto them if they have a seamstress), and remembering to raise the beds high enough so I didn't have to bend over to do stuff.

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I'm 6'2". The worst thing are those damned tv sets that hang on the wall. I've been tempted to rip my share of them off and throw them out the window.

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I wish I had this problem.

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