Please, Please, Please, Any Other Very Tall Nurses Out There?????

[*Andrea*]

Hi all,

I really need some help because I am almost at my wits end. I am having a problem with probably one of the last things we think about in nursing: uniforms. I am a TALL nurse. I measure out at about 5 feet 11 inches barefoot and have anywhere from a 35-37 inch inseam in pants. Now, I have no problem buying scrub tops as my torso is a "normal" length but I absolutely, positively cannot find ANY scrub pants that are long enough. I just graduated and am starting my first job on Monday and I don't think a good first impression would be to walk in in my undies. I emailed Jascouniform.com and they told me their longest Tall sex inseam was 32...32? Isn't that a regular inseam? I even ordered scrub pants from a website that makes them especially for your measurements, got them in the mail today, and they were too huge and I need to roll them three times to keep them around my waist! Are there ANY TALL nurses out there that hear my pain and can by the grace of god bestow upon me the name of a brand or website that I can order tall scrubs (35-37 inseam) that will fit me?? I would GREATLY appreciate it and love you forever...

Thanks,

Andrea

[RNfaster]

I am your height and the 34" inseam by SmartScrubs is generous on me. www.smartscrubs.com

[bigsyis]

Andrea, I am 5'9" and have a 32 inch inseam. It is almost as hard to find that in elastic waist pants (my preferred) as your 35-37. I also wear a size 11-12 shoe, and good grief, what it is like to find shoes.

A Nurse I worked with a year or so ago who had an inseam similar to yours and was over 6 feet tall told me that she got her pants at Tafford.com.

Good luck!

BTW-In nursing school our caps looked like inverted ice cream cones. Because my hair was pretty short, I usually had to use at lest six white hair pins to keep it on. One day I was leaning over an ortho pt, raised up, and nearly tore my hair off my head when the pt's trapeze (which had been hooked up out of the way while I was working w/the pt) caught my cap. Tall people are never totally in the clear, know what I mean?

[fleur-de-lis, BSN, RN]

No advice here on pants, but one warning for tall nurses out there (I am 5'10). You always hear about protecting your back when lifting/turning patients, but no one tells you to protect it when bending for long periods of time! I hurt my back in our nursing school clinical in the newborn nursery because the cribs do not raise up and I spent all day bent over bathing babies! I can help move a 400 lb patient up in bed and turn q 2 with no problem - but I hurt my back working with 8 lb babies!!!! Just be careful out there and when possible, bring the beds up to your level!