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The Dansko Mary Jane model combines comfort and style for those who spend long hours on their feet like nurses do.  The Dansko Mary Jane clog comes from the Stapled Clog collection.  And it’s creation follows in the long line of award winning comfort and support.

This Dansko Mary Jane is an excellent shoes if you stand on your feet all day.  This professional nurses shoe has a polyurethane rocker-bottom sole that’s designed to protect the back, legs, and feet from the stress and hardship of walking or standing all day.  Plus this design in the sole propels the foot forward, helping you stay on the move and avoiding the pain that typically comes with jobs like nurses have.

This shoe comes with the patent leather upper and heel that rises nearly 1 1/2 inches.

Here’s what customers are saying about this Dansko Mary Jane:  (paraphrased for uniqueness.)

Anuja from ME says: “There’s no exception to the comfort of these shoes.  They are my favorite pair of shoes and people stop me in the hallway just to pass along compliments.”

Ann says: “I wasn’t sure how the strap would work out.  But once I tightened it the shoe was extremely comfortable.  I LOVE these Danskos and highly recommend them.”

Kelley says: “Extremely comfortable shoes.  Highly recommended!”

Mary says: “Unbelievably comfortable and really cute.  I got both the black and red.  Really glad I did.  I love them both!”

Miss D from NC says: “Life without Danskos was very sad.  The shoe is worth the money.  I’ve worn them every day since I got them.”

Good -

• provides all day comfort for nurses who are on their feet all day
• extremely durable with many customers who claim the shoes goes strong for two years and more even after wearing on a daily basis
• available in a variety of styles for fashion options
• material for upper portion of shoe makes for an easy to clean and maintain footwear

Bad -

• expensive – each pair usually cost between $100 to $125, but for the amount of wear you get out of them you could easily go through 4 or more pairs of shoes that would end up costing even more.  So in all actually, other than the upfront cost, this is still a top shoe for the price

So based on my personal experience with these shoes and what other Dansko nursing shoe wearers are saying, this is the professional nursing shoe of choice.

If you’d like to give these shoe a try, check them out at Dansko Mary Jane review on Amazon.

white nursing shoes

Have you ever wondered why nursing shoes, for the longest time, always came in the color of white?  Did you know that it was only a short time ago that the shoes and entire uniform itself actually changed from the standard look of an all white dress, tights, and the white nursing shoes?

Because I found the topic interesting I did a little research to get some history on the entire nursing uniform including the shoes and where they came from.  I wanted to pass along what I found out with the thought that you might find it interesting as well.  So here goes….

It’s not certain necessarily where the nursing uniform idea began although there is some speculation that it started in the covenants with nuns.  After all, they were the “original nurses.”  Back during that time their outfits brought about a standard look of plain black and white.

However, there is another theory credits Florence Nightingale who determined the nurse’s outfit during the Crimean War.  That uniform was a gray tweed, nearly floor length dress with long sleeves.  In addition, a brown scarf and white cap was worn to carry a similar look that of the generation’s middle-class housewives.  This helped to ensure that the nurses of the day were not mistaken for laundresses, camp followers, or cooks.

When the Civil War came along, the color of the dress changed but the style remained the same.  Thick and uncomfortable, it was the same simple design in either black, gray, or brown but a white apron had been added.  A white bonnet became part of the attire as well.

Just as white plays a significant role in the color of a wedding dress, so it did in the nursing uniform too.  In the early 1900s white became the medical symbol of sterility.  In an attempt to show the public that medical professionals’ jobs were clean and sterile and that there was a connection between cleanliness and the spread of illness and bacteria, the all white nursing uniform came about.  The exception to that was their shoes which were still the color of…you guessed it, black.  It was only after the invention of white shoe polish that the white nursing shoe became a staple in the all white nursing uniform which was the iconic symbol of the “angels of mercy”.

white nursing shoes

However, the 1960s were a time of change…and that change included the look of nursing uniforms.  The impractical “classic nursing uniform” began to get rejected.  Many factors played a role in this including the feminist movement.  That is when the nurses cap was discarded and scrubs came into play.  And though some nurses stayed with the “old-fashioned” look, it was at least modified to fit their needs.

And then came the 70s….which brought about even more changes.  Hospitals no longer laundered nurses uniforms.  Nurses started wearing pantsuits and those in specialized areas began wearing lab coats.  Nurses fought for a more practical low maintenance look and they were victorious in the battle.

What you see today in hospitals and in medical offices are the results of their efforts.  Colors and print on scrubs which bring fun, brightness, and comfort into the nursing outfit.  And the white nursing shoes…well their still around as you can see.  It’s just another option a nurses can choose from to go with their dog print top and baby blue pants.

Thanks given to http://www.tafford.com/articles/nurseuniformhistory.htm?p=articles for the information in writing this article.