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Congrats on starting your nursing career! I know that for my clinicals I had to wear what the school said I had to wear, which kind of stunk. By the last semester, I saw though that some of the students were getting away with wearing white sneakers. We were told which store to go to and had to pick out of what they had. It's funny cause now I go back and alot of the shoes that I want to wear for nursing come in small, medium, large and I don't fit into one of those categories so I feel your pain. I was told that New Balance were comfortable, so I went to try on a pair and they didn't feel too good for me. I think that we all kind of have to go through a trial and error to see what works individually, sorry I couldn't be more help.

I will be starting night 7/16 and I"m a bit nervous. Never done it before. Alot of posts mention melatonin. Can this be bought at a drug store? I never had to think of looking before and thought that I would check here first. I'm not sure if it is better to schedule 3 nights in a row, or to space them out. Any suggestions?

Well I ordered a pair of croc's today online, went up to the next full size. So we shall see.

I really appreciate all of your personal advice. I have seen quite a few nurses wearing crocs shoes and wondered if they were really comfortable or not. I have got mixed reviews but mostly good. The biggest issue ones have is that they don't like the ones with the holes up top, for safety reasons. A positive aspect is that they are quite cheap compared to the Birki clogs. But I have heard that people find them quite comfortable. I really like the advice about having a couple different pairs, that way I can switch off. I just met a fellow nurse today who had on Dickies, I think she said and they were comfortable fo her. It looks like it might be a little trial and error for what is comfortable for my feet. I was just a little worried of the clogs staying on my feet. Has anyone had any issues of slipping out of them? I'm a 1/2 size so should I stick with that or go up to a full size?

I'm an NJ grad, and my review course was from June 5th to the 8th, and my school didn't send in the necessary paperwork til after that. I just got my ATT emailed to me on the 21st, and the first possible date I could pick for NCLEX was July 19th. The only problem is that it is for an afternoon test, and I want it first thing in the morning, so I ended up going with July 31st. It kind of stinks cause I wanted to take it in the middle of July, and I don't have that option. The positive side is that I have more time to study!

I am starting my career as an RN and all I have are the nursing shoes that I had to wear in nursing school and they are not comfortable. I asked my manager if there were specific shoes that I needed to get and she said that I should wear whatever is comfortable. Help! I'm not sure what is comfortable. Do I wear white sneakers, do I get nursing shoes, clogs? I have done some research and alot of people seem to like the Birkenstock clogs, or New Balance. Any advice for me? Thanks.