Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

cagjlg · Sep 3, 2015

It's great. I have the charge HR. I LOVE that I don't have to remember to tell it I'm going to sleep now. The heart rate tracker is not as accurate as the chest strap, but much more accurate than other trackers. Plus, the main reason I have the HR is the strap with buckle. I've lost two fitbits (One & a Charge) pulling off isolation gowns and not realizing it until I was unwilling to dive through the many many layers of very contaminated trash. No thanks.

Conqueror+, BSN, RN · Sep 13, 2015

This is my issue with things like Fitbit - it's like we're giving ourselves permission to not do any other exercise because we take all these steps each day. I don't think that's a good thing! But my mom, who is 71 and an avid walker for exercise, does about 100,000 steps a week. She is awesome. :)

Or you realize sadly that you aren't even doing the bare minimum of 10,000 steps and you get your rear in gear :-).

dmclvn · Sep 14, 2015

At my last job, I could walk, 15,000 steps in one shift. I thought I was moving, until I read some of the other amounts.

FurBabyMom, MSN, RN · Sep 14, 2015

I have a Misfit. I had a Fitbit (RIP - stopped charging after I'd had it 12.5 months), and several regular old pedometers (RIP - sorry the washing machine attacked you both). The Misfit is nice since I can clip it to clothes or attach it as if it were a charm on a necklace and I don't have to wear it on my wrist.

I average 10,000 or more steps in a 10 hour shift (more if I walk to/from the almost-off-campus-yet-somehow-on-campus parking lot I've been assigned to). It's about 5-6 miles on an average day. If I'm scrubbing it's probably less but I would have stood all day.

vulupure · Sep 14, 2015

Hmm I average 20.000 each day, work or not. On a bad day it gets close to 40K.

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Oedgar · Sep 16, 2015

I had this app on my new phone, wasn't even aware it was running. But, it would notify me at the end of the day that I had reached my goal of 6,000 steps. Those are only the steps that the phone was in my pocket and not on my desk.

INDNurse88 · Sep 24, 2015

I walk anywhere between 5.5 to 6.5 miles a day in a 7.5 hour shift. By the time I get home I want to sleep and not wake up.

vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN · Sep 26, 2015

My average over the last few months is 5k. I walk less than 1k on non school days is

I know I did lose weight while in Lvn school. I had to meal prep And walked the unit a great deal. Darn call lights.

ixchel · Sep 30, 2015

Okay, so which pedometer is the best? I think I'm done using my phone. It just doesn't seem accurate. I've just had the busiest, run my butt off shifts ever and according to my phone, I averaged like 6-7k steps per day and I KNOW that's not right. I can't decide if I would like a watch or clip better. I'm leaning toward clip. Anyone got a little list of pros and cons of each while working inpatient?

AmyRN303, BSN, RN · Sep 30, 2015

Okay, so which pedometer is the best? I think I'm done using my phone. It just doesn't seem accurate. I've just had the busiest, run my butt off shifts ever and according to my phone, I averaged like 6-7k steps per day and I KNOW that's not right. I can't decide if I would like a watch or clip better. I'm leaning toward clip. Anyone got a little list of pros and cons of each while working inpatient?

I have a walkingspree inspire, comes with a wristband and a clip, about $40 if I remember correctly. I got it right after my Fitbit fell off my wrist, never to be seen again. I prefer the clip, and often I just leave it in my pocket. The band is like a normal watch band as opposed to the Fitbit's simple clasp, but when removing an isolation gown, I've lost the unit out of the band twice. That and the fact that I had to remove to scrub my wrists, just not a fan of the wristband.

While on vacation, I've submerged it in water, snorkeling for an hour before I realized. Not a problem. Durable, fairly accurate, inexpensive. The mobile interface sucks a bit, but it counts my steps, so I'm okay with it.

AmyRN303, BSN, RN · Sep 30, 2015

And I usually hit 11k during a shift. Usually a couple of transfers, couple of walks down for diagnostics.

ixchel · Oct 26, 2015

Results are in.

The bottom photo is what my new Fitbit counted this weekend. (Got the Fitbit charge.) The top two were counted by my phone on the same two days. Fitbit is on my dominant side's wrist, iPhone goes in my back pocket. I'll stick with Fitbit. Those numbers look way more expected to me.