Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

[ixchel]

How many steps do you walk in a busy shift and a slow shift? I just put a pedometer app in my phone. I was unsure about its accuracy, so I counted steps with it in my pocket and it's pretty good! I've had two slower shifts at 8300 steps and a moderately busy one at 9600.

[Nurse Malone]

How many steps do you walk in a busy shift and a slow shift? I just put a pedometer app in my phone. I was unsure about its accuracy, so I counted steps with it in my pocket and it's pretty good! I've had two slower shifts at 8300 steps and a moderately busy one at 9600.

Unfortunately I'm just a full-time student, but believed in using my pedometer (Samsung) on my phone. I realized one day while at an appointment with my husband that his fitbit logged WAY MORE steps than my phone did, which caused me to get on the "fitbit wagon" as well. Now with just walking across my campus, with stairs included I can get in 10,000+ three times a week!

[Nurse Malone]

Yes, fitbits are great, I just cant seem to remember to start recording my sleep every night, ugh!

[bebbjo]

Depends on the day but on average between 12,00 and 21,000 steps (6-11 miles). Usually my fitbit reads about 14,000 on a 12 hour shift.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

So, to follow up, newer models record sleep automatically? If so, I could purchase 3-4 of them on my budget, and perhaps offer them as incentives (in a drawing) at the end of the study. Hmmm.......

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

So, to follow up, newer models record sleep automatically? If so, I could purchase 3-4 of them on my budget, and perhaps offer them as incentives (in a drawing) at the end of the study. Hmmm.......

It depends on which Fitbit you get. The Fitbit One does not automatically record. It's one of the cheaper options. The ones that do record sleep automatically are more expensive. The Fitbit One is $100. The Charge, Charge HR, and Surge automatically track sleep and are $130, $140, and $250 respectively. Fitbit comparison

[Conqueror+, BSN, RN]

I have a FitBit Charge HR which records sleep automatically. In a 12 hour shift I get 8-12k steps.

[momof3lv]

I average about 11,000 steps on a medsurg floor. But our set up is three small pods of 12 pts and each nurse has 6. So all my patients are in one small area, although I do a lot of running around getting supplies and to the med and nourishment room.

[Nurse Leigh]

I've been considering getting a FitBit. Is the Charge HR a good option? Do you find that the heart rate tracker is very accurate?

[ixchel]

So maybe I should switch to Fitbit. All these numbers are making me feel like an underachiever. Ha! I would like to see if they're accurate, though.

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

I found my Fitbit to be less than accurate. Any kind of movement counted - even sex! Lol.

I wear a Nike fuel band and I am a daily runner (on a 272-day streak), so my steps are a bit skewed. But a busy shift before I ran in the evenings would be anywhere from 10-12K steps. At a trauma center where I worked casually, it was higher due to the long layout of the ED and having to run all over to find supplies. Lol.

[vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN]

I've been considering getting a FitBit. Is the Charge HR a good option? Do you find that the heart rate tracker is very accurate?

Consumer reports said the fit bit heart rate trackers are not as accurate as the chest strap or apple watch.

I'm saving up for the apple watch for this reason!

[Nurse Leigh]

^^ Thanks. I was afraid that might be the case.

Galaxy S5 has a built-in app that counts steps. Not too accurately though -it thought I was doing some serious walking while I was on the riding lawnmower.