Nursing Wearing Sandals To Work?????eeeeeeeekkkkk!!!

shay · Oct 20, 2004

Beyond gross.

ADS RN · Oct 20, 2004

Can she run in the event of an emergency? Hmmmmm

smk1, LPN · Oct 20, 2004

You are right in choosing to wear appropriate shoes. Sandals, as well as sweat shirts, as part of a nursing uniform do not project a Nurse image. If you were to drop a clipboard, on its edge, on your foot and your bones break the facility will pay for your MD visit IF you are wearing proper shoes. This happened to me. If this LPN with sandals is injured, which is very likely to happen from wheelchairs, edges of doors, dropped items, etc. the facility will "forget" she exists when her MD bill arrives. Notify your RN Supervisor of your concerns, let her follow through and go on about your business protecting your own feet!!! :)

if you are going to say anything.... i think this is the route you should take, being concerned for her well-being etc... I agree it is probably unprofessional and may be an OSHA violation. (my hubby is an electrician and he is supposed to wear a certain type of shoe and no shorts due to osha, and he sometimes mid-summer will get very lax about this. But hey he is self employed so it's his issue.)

simple500 · Oct 21, 2004

That's digusting and unsanitary!

FZ1Tom · Oct 21, 2004

Boy I sure feel like a dunce now! :chair:

When I was hospitalized late last month someone said I couldn't wear just my socks alone, not safe. Well, being pretty foggy from all the meds I took my walks BAREFOOT! In hindsight I'm amazed that I didn't get chewed out or something.....couple walks were pretty long shuffles too. What on earth was I thinking....and as a caregiver (group homes have the same rule about sandals, a no-no) I shoulda known better. Fortunately, my feet seem none the worse for wear.

Okay, you can start laughing at me now :rolleyes:

Tom

sasa · Oct 21, 2004

just one thing to say... yuck!

imenid37 · Oct 22, 2004

OSHA! Open toe shoes expose the foot to possible injury or a needle or sharp could fall on this brainiac's feet. I gues you don't need common sense to sit for NCLEX. I have worked w/ an ob doc who rarely wore socks or deodorant. Double YUK!!!

CHATSDALE · Oct 22, 2004

our dress code for shoe was short-sweet....no leather soles and no open toes...clogs are popular and i have some birkies but i usually wear a nike because it is easier to move about ... i have gout so i usually have painful toes by the end of a shift with either

judiann · Oct 23, 2004

I mean what is the big deal. I work in a hospital in Iceland and I wear ecco sandles (with socks) just like everyone else and I have yet to have anything happen to my feet. As far as I am concerned it's more sanitary to wash my socks than have the nasty stuff collect on my shoes like it always did when I worked in the States.

hipab4hands · Oct 23, 2004

I have a problem with this one LPN I work with, she actually wears sandals to work!!!!! I cringe every time I see it. I work for the state of KY and at our facility they don't say anything to her they just say if something happens then it's on her not them. I was always taught you wear leather shoes and your foot was to be completely covered. Any one have any thoughts?

Yuck! Several years ago, we had to take my dad to the ER with chest pain. The cardiologist that showed up to evaluate him was wearing old clothes and sandals. I told him that he was not dressed appropriately and wouldn't let him touch my dad until he had clean clothes and appropriate footwear.

The doc actually left the exam room, went and put on scrubs and clean tennis shoes. I was so surprised. My mother was completly shocked that the Dr. would respond to my request.

I explained to mom that if the doc was that laxed about personal hygiene, I was worried about his other work habits.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Oct 23, 2004

I mean what is the big deal. I work in a hospital in Iceland and I wear ecco sandles (with socks) just like everyone else and I have yet to have anything happen to my feet. As far as I am concerned it's more sanitary to wash my socks than have the nasty stuff collect on my shoes like it always did when I worked in the States.

I could always park my shoes in a bag before i'd get into my car.

Or park them outside the front door.

My shoes stay at work now though.

Still, considering some of the crap (literally and figuratively, depending on what residents got MOM, cascara, or Lactulose) i've waded through, there no way in hell i've leave my toes uncovered.

Not to mention the residents i would have to assist to their feet, who might take that teeny step foward onto my foot.

JannaBannana · Oct 24, 2004

I actually had to do this for 1 year, they were a style of birks that were open, and I wore socks. I had a tumor removed from the top of my foot and due to the swelling, not to mention the absolute nerve pain with any pressure, I could not handle shoes. My supervisors overlooked it because of the medical situation. I still have alot of nerve pain 8 years later, but I can wear athletic shoes not without too much discomfort. I still hit the roof sometimes when this area of my foot is bumped or rubbed.

I personally did not want to work this way, I was always afraid of injury.