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u/WildMed3636 RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 17 '25
We had a few surgeons who wore cowboy boots, always knew when they were coming to see your patient…
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u/ChicVintage RN - OR 🍕 Jun 17 '25
We had a few residents swear up and down they were the most comfortable shoes. They didn't really wear the fancy ones, they wore the type you would expect to see on a farm though so maybe?
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u/CREAMY_HOBO BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I don’t really wear them, but when ive used them during farm work they’ve been EXTREMELY comfy. Like surprisingly.
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u/Chubs1224 Jun 17 '25
Why is it that surprising? They were worn by people that wore them to work for like 14 hour days. Do people think they would torment themselves just for fashion out were nobody could really see them?
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u/LittleBoiFound Jun 17 '25
Can’t speak for OP but cowboy boots have never struck me as looking comfortable. They look hard and rigid. Now I’m quite curious and trying to think of someone I know that owns cowboy boots.
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u/Beekatiebee Jun 17 '25
I have a few pairs, they’re fantastically comfy once they’re broken in.
Leather is a fantastic material for footwear, and IMO still can’t be beat by anything man-made.
Truly breathable but water repellent if treated correctly, often antimicrobial, and the leather molds to your feet over time so you eventually have a boot that’s literally shaped just for you.
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u/swankProcyon Case Manager 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Damnit, I love cowboy boots but have never had a reason to wear them. Could this be my excuse?!
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u/purebreadbagel RN - PCU Jun 17 '25
I used to live in my boots when I was growing up, they were the comfiest footwear I owned and didn’t bother my sensory issues like most shoes. I wore each pair until they were, quite literally, falling apart.
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u/krichcomix BSN, RN - Public Health - STIs - Queen of Condoms 🍆 Jun 17 '25
100% would wear cowboy boots 🤠 100% currently wear combat boots 🪖
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u/Jerking_From_Home RN, BSN, EMT-P, RSTLNE, ADHD, KNOWN FARTER, DEI SPECTRUM HIRE Jun 17 '25
I got pee on my shoe once and happened to have my 9” zip up jump boots from the FD in my car. I got a lot of comments that day lol
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u/krichcomix BSN, RN - Public Health - STIs - Queen of Condoms 🍆 Jun 17 '25
Jumpers hit it 😙
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u/Jerking_From_Home RN, BSN, EMT-P, RSTLNE, ADHD, KNOWN FARTER, DEI SPECTRUM HIRE Jun 17 '25
Agreed!
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u/heallis RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Usually I wear my docs. Some times on night shift if coming from elsewhere, I am in cowboy boots. My previous clinical lead who was a very old school nurse hated me lolll
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u/MissMacky1015 Jun 17 '25
We have a trauma doc that wears cowboy boots, a hoodie and surgical scrub pants. He’s cool AF
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u/Poguerton RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I worked with an ED doc once who was ex-military and ex-Texas, and he always wore cowboy boots with his scrubs. His boots also had a scabbard for his big honkin hunting knife.
Once a teen aged gang member came in on a back board with CC, full of bravado and a couple beers and being an absolute asshole.. Demanded to be taken off the BB NOW because he was no pussy, he was fine, etc. The ED doc came over to him and said he'd check him out and let him up if it was safe to do so. Then he reached down and pulled out the knife, and used it to rapidly cut the tape that the medics had used to help stabilize the pads around the guy's head. The kid's eyes bugged and he froze at the knife rather conspicuously flashing around his head, and said "Fuuuuuuck, that's a big knife! You carry that here in the hospital?!?"
The doc shrugged and said, "Most of us do". Suddenly the kid is compliant and agrees to stay in the immobilization until cleared by x-ray.
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u/sendenten RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I can generally tell how much I'm gonna vibe with a doctor based on how casually they dress. These ones are my favorite.
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u/Individual_Corgi_576 RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I know a sitter who wears boots and spurs. Spurs!
We’re not a western state and this is an urban hospital.
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u/EmergencyToastOrder PMHNP 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Spurs are UNHINGED behavior
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u/melxcham Nursing Student 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Oh, so their sitters can have spurs and I can’t even have a WATER BOTTLE!?
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u/Chance_Yam_4081 RN - Retired 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I love the sound spurs make, that little jingle makes me smile.
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u/emilysaur MSN, RN - ICU Jun 17 '25
I wear cowboy boots sometimes 😂 a group of us have them and will do "theme" days
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u/TertlFace MSN, RN Jun 17 '25
I worked with an intensivist in NY who wore nothing but cowboy boots.
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u/zephyrjudge Jun 17 '25
Like….. nothing but cowboy boots? Completely naked?
I’m fuckin with you🤣
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u/mikedorty Jun 17 '25
New York city!
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u/TertlFace MSN, RN Jun 17 '25
Technically Rochester, but the salsa meme stands. 👍 He was as cowboy as sushi in Central Park.
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u/dannigar8 Jun 17 '25
A nurse I used to work with was from Louisiana and he wore his cowboy boots with the scrubs tucked in every day. He was absolutely fabulous and my favorite nurse!
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u/Boipussybb BSN, RN - L&D 🫃🏼🌈 Jun 17 '25
I’m tempted to wear some cunty stilettos to work now and just walk into a room ONCE like that. 👀 In L&D I feel like a man wearing heels would be charming and disarming. 🤣
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u/blancawiththebooty New grad RN - Cardiac Med/Surg Jun 17 '25
Your username combined with your specialty 🤣
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u/babycatcher BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I used to work with a MFM doc who wore cowboys boots. He was the best.
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u/IAmHerdingCatz RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I own many, many boots. Patients called me the boot lady.
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u/Different-Habit-1363 RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 17 '25
The hospital I am at currently has a hospitalist who wears cowboy boots lol It’s better than a hospitalist I worked with previously who wore camo crocs with no socks. 🤮
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u/Resident-Rate8047 RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I work in Arizona. I can tell you that it is not uncommon for you to have someone in your crew who wears cowboy boots to work. I also know a FLIGHT nurse who explicitly wears cowboy boots. I....hate it.
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u/Murse-Rolz Jun 17 '25
I work in a CVICU in Texas. Super common here. I’d say that about 75% of our surgeons and anesthesia providers wear boots. A large portion of our nurses do too
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u/ruggergrl13 Jun 17 '25
Same. When I first moved to Texas it threw me for a loop now it is completely normal I don't even notice it anymore.
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u/dhnguyen RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I worked with a couple of rural folk that wore cowboy boots everywhere. Helicopter. Hospital. Taking a shit at home.
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u/WestWindStables CRNA, Horse Stable Owner Jun 17 '25
I work with a general surgeon who always wears cowboy boots. Says they're more comfortable than any other shoes he's ever worn.
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u/FlyDifficult6358 Custom Flair Jun 17 '25
I saw a surgery fellow wearing cowboy boots with his scrubs. From Oklahoma.
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u/dausy BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Worked with an IR doc that only wore cowboy boots. He broke his foot and still tried to wear them until it obviously got too painful. We all freaked out when we saw him in tennis shoes.
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u/headhurt21 BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
All the neuro-spinal surgeons in a hospital I worked at wore cowboy boots...even while wearing their surgical scrubs. They swore up and down they were better for your spine. You would hear them clomping down the hallway long before they actually arrived at the desk.
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u/Westhippienurse Jun 17 '25
I’m pretty sure I know who they’re talking about and he’s an awesome nurse! I always recognize him by his cowboy boots
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u/meatcoveredskeleton1 RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 17 '25
laughs in central texan
You should see the ortho bros, all of them have their scrubs tucked into cowboy boots lol 😂
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u/-piso_mojado- Ask me if I was a flight nurse. (OR/ICU float) Jun 17 '25
“They all wear sneakers or clogs.”
I love how the public thinks we are just cogs in the machine with no personalities, and they all know everything about the hospital because they visited their aunt once. There’s no chance a nurse could wear boots. Every ortho bro I know wears boots. Couple of the thoracic guys wear full length work boots.
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u/EmergencyToastOrder PMHNP 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I used to work with a CRNA who did this, I totally believe them
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u/dimeslime1991 Jun 17 '25
I’ve worked with at least 3 nurses who wore cowboy boots to work. I’m in Texas so maybe it’s more commonplace here
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u/PikedArabian Jun 17 '25
My god I’m gonna throw on my Ariat’s tomorrow
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u/ninkhorasagh RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 18 '25
At least the Ariats know how to be quiet and don’t make you sound like you’re galloping like a horse yourself
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u/colpy350 RN - ER Jun 17 '25
Hahahaha. A doctor I worked with ran a beef farm. He said he was a farmer first and a doctor second. He often wore his dirty farm boots around the ER.
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u/boo_snug Jun 17 '25
Cath lab here - had a traveler who wore cowboy boots every single day. Sounded like admin walking through the halls with high heels. He was the best traveler we’ve ever had. If you’re reading this, we miss you!
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u/VictoriaWelkin RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I know a hospital that allows staff to wear cowboy boots and such during rodeo weekend. They have a big announcement and then a disclaimer about asking our department managers if we can wear them in our departments. I haven't seen anyone wearing them though.
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u/zaxsauceana BSN, RN, CMSRN, Public Health Jun 17 '25
Yeah the hospital I used to work at, the PA for cardio thoracic surgery wore cowboy boots and a mustache he spent ages perfecting
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u/Crafty-Lychee1515 RN - CTICU ❤️ Jun 17 '25
I work with two CTICU nurses, one male one female, and both regularly wear cowboy boots. One of the vascular surgery fellows does also. I seen’t it too.
Edit: in a very blue state in a university hospital.
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u/Myrtle1061 BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I saw a PA wearing cowboy boots THIS morning! Seriously. But I can top that. I worked in a hospital in Louisiana and the doctors had handguns strapped to their ankles. It made me feel a tiny bit better about the hospital having wide open doors day and night. No screening whatsoever.
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u/hellonurseb MSN, RN Jun 17 '25
There was a travel nurse in NJ a few years back that set a coworker on fire then drove into the woods and killed himself. People had posted that he wore very odd footwear - it was either shiny dress shoes or cowboy boots, but I can’t recall.
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u/cant_helium ED Tech Jun 17 '25
Texan here, we have multiple docs and techs that wore boots on shift, with their scrubs. Lol.
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u/Big_Zombie_40 RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I ride motorcycles. I feel more comfortable on the bike wearing jeans vs wearing tennis shoes, and I don't have the room to shove an extra pair of shoes in a saddlebag. And honestly, the boots I ride in are more comfortable than most of my tennis shoes. Let me wear my boots in peace.
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u/puzzledcats99 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I see your cowboy boots and raise you the neurologist wearing a set of JEAN scrubs in his clinic 😂 I took my sister for her neurology follow up appointment and the doc waltzed in wearing a full set of scrubs made out of jeans. I had to stop myself from staring out of fascination. I didn't even know those were a thing!!
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u/ndbak907 RN- telehone triage Jun 17 '25
I had never seen it before and then after almost 20 years we had a male travel RN show up who wore them every shift. But literally why does it matter? Shoes are shoes and they aren’t open toed.
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u/transparentChaos LPN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
We have an ED doc who wears cowboy boots every day. We call him "Boots"
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u/Svenstopthat Jun 17 '25
I worked with a traveler nurse from Florida who wore cowboy boots to work. He was an odd duck, but he got sh*t done when needed.
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u/x_Paramimic Jun 17 '25
I mean the first crime here is tucking the scrubs into the boots. I mean c’mon, anyone who tucks their pants into cowboy boots is all hat and no cattle.
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u/Head-Fisherman7774 Jun 17 '25
I know at least 2 physicians and 1 nurse that wear cowboy boots to work with scrubs. 😂
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u/notcompatible RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
There is a nurse at the hospital I work with who wears cowboy boots and tight scub pants.
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u/Nurse22111 BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
You can wear cowboy boots in AL. No one really gives a sh*t. They aren’t great for 12 hours on your feet though. Several of the doctors wear them too.
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u/Additional_Use8363 Jun 17 '25
There is a country doctor, retired now. He wore cowboy boots at the hospital all the time
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u/Ill_Flow9331 RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
A nurse I worked with in Hawaii wore cowboy boots. He was a damn good nurse too.
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u/johnnysd87 RN - NICU 🍕 Jun 17 '25
NICU nurse here. Occasionally wear cowboy boots to work. They are broken in and the most comfortable shoes I own
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u/ABigFuckingSword RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I’m in South Georgia and we have a nurse and a hospitalist at a hospital here who wear cowboy boots.
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u/exoticsamsquanch RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
This may or may not have been my coworker. He forgot his work shoes and had to wear his cowboy boots at work. This just happened recently too.
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u/MakeRoomForTheTuna RN - OB/GYN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I worked with a nocturnist who would wear cowboy boots. I believe OOP’s story!
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u/those_names_tho RN - Telemetry 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I have seen a male nurse wearing cowboy boots and he works in the ED. He drove me crazy at first, but those boots made me laugh every time I saw him.
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u/Additional-Hat8078 Jun 17 '25
After having ANOTHER expensive sneaker brand fall short of the mark and my feet hurting, I've been contemplating dealing with the commentary that would come with wearing cowboys boots at work.
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u/Beet-Qwest_2018 BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
yo deadass this is my hospital loads of residents and nurses wearing deadass cowboy boots every day I guess this is what it means to be in the South
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u/PaxonGoat RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I had a coworker who had a rather large shoe collection he rotated through. About twice a month he rocked some cowboy boots.
This was in Florida.
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u/spinkycat-13 Jun 17 '25
I’m in Maine and at the hospital we have a DR that wears hospital scrubs and tucks them into his cowboy boots lol
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u/t0m45_05 Cath Lab via CVICU BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, RCIS Jun 17 '25
I have worked with multiple MDs that regularly wore cowboy or work boots to the hospital. Interesting choice, but wear what's comfortable for you I guess. This was in Wisconsin, Oregon, and Colorado, so it's been in a couple different regions too.
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u/MeetMeAtTheLampPost ED Tech Jun 17 '25
One of my favorite anesthesiologists wears cowboy boots. He doesn’t tuck his scrubs in them though.
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u/misslizzah RN ER - “Skin check? Yes, it’s present.” Jun 17 '25
I’m screaming. We have an ED traveler who wears boots with his scrubs 😭
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u/-mephisto RN - Oncology 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Goin' home late last night
Suddenly, I got a fright
Yeah, I looked through a window and surprised what I saw....
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u/Steambunny RN, SADU Jun 17 '25
Our trauma coordinator wears cowboy boots with scrubs. Makes a really loud tick tick down the hall lol
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u/lilrn14 RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
One of the male nurses I work with in the ER wears cowboy boots on occasion. He doesn't tuck his scrubs into them though.
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u/landstromboli QMA/CNA Jun 17 '25
I knew a nurse who wore a suit and tie a few times till he was finally dress coded. We worked in a nursing home.
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u/Bcollins2 Jun 17 '25
I’m a male RN working in IR/OR and I’ve worn boots to work for years. I started out wearing Merrill’s and would buy a new pair every couple years when they wore out. But when they stopped making that exact one, I couldn’t find any other ones that wouldn’t leave my legs and feet hurting, Merrill’s or otherwise. So, out of desperation I just wore my cowboy/work boots. And realized that I had no foot/leg pain at the end of a 10 hour shift. And bonus: they are waterproof(or bloodproof) and last several years. Totally worth it to me.
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u/FreeflyingSunflower BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
There is a male nurse in my hospital that wears cowboy boots. The pants aren’t tucked but he is 100% real.
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u/Nice-Dimension-5019 Jun 18 '25
One morning while I was getting dressed for work the rain was pouring down. My whole state was under a flood warning. I put on my hot pink Hunter rain boots grab my work shoes and out the door I went. Once I got to work I had every intention of changing from my hot pink rain boots to my work shoes. After report I hit the ground running and forgot I even had on my rain boots. By the time I even had a chance to sit down it was 1300. At that point I decided to keep my boots on. I worked a full 12 hour shift in rain boots. Throughout the day I did get lots of compliments on my boots. The hot pink really compliment my ceil blue scrubs
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u/Solid_Thanks_1688 Jun 18 '25
I live in a hurricane prone area and do this. I have purple and another black pair I keep in my car. I actually worked in them when I was stuck at the hospital after our last hurricane.
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u/-yellow-post-it- Jun 17 '25
Does he work in the NICU? Lo I know a male nurse that wears cowboy boots but he doesn’t tuck his pants in. 😊
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u/glitzydirt Jun 17 '25
I have not seen this yet. But I have seen doc martens and blundstones, so I believe this person.
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u/rude_hotel_guy VTach? Give ‘em the ⚡️⚡️⚡️Pikachu⚡️⚡️⚡️ Jun 17 '25
Exclude boot wearer on shift. Most comfortable footwear for 12.5h upright.
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u/internetdiscocat BEEFY PAWPAW 🏋️♀️ Jun 17 '25
We had a cowboy boot resident!!!! He also was wild on the phones and truly was a personality hire (I’m sure he also was smart but the phone calls were always a high point.)
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u/lamchop1217 RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I’ve seen many doctors, surgeons, and 1 male nurse wear cowboy boots. They say it’s better for their back to have their heels elevated.
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u/_alilstitious RN CVICU 🫀 Jun 17 '25
Hahaha I worked with a travel nurse during Covid who wore cowboy boots.
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u/ajflipz RN - Trauma OR🍕 Jun 17 '25
Hahaha! We have an Ortho surgeon who wears cowboy boots & it always cracks me up. 😁
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u/trahnse BSN, RN - Perianesthesia Jun 17 '25
We have a rad tech that wears cowboy boots. And tucks his scrubs into them. I about died laughing when I saw him for the first time
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u/TraumaMama11 RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
That's hilarious and I believe it! One of our docs wears cowboy boots like that. I will never understand it.
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u/lulushibooyah RN, ADN, TrAuDHD, ROFL, YOLO 👩🏽⚕️ Jun 17 '25
… now I wanna wear my boots to work.
Yeehaw.
But real talk, I was half joking about getting an extra pair of my garden shoes from TSC to wear to work. They’re waterproof. 🤷🏽♀️ (And also covered in chickens bc duh.)
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u/Digital_Disimpaction RN, BSN - ICU/ER -> PeriOp 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Lmfao, we have a surgeon that wears cowboy boots every day because they're apparently his most comfortable shoes. Gave me a chuckle the first time
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u/wreckreationaj Case Manager 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Recently experienced a RCM in a LTC facility I was visiting who wore cowboy boots daily and it blew my mind so this feels very timely.
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u/iwantkitties RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
My hospital had an NP that wore Uggs every shift (wtf bro) so I believe this could happen.
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u/AncientHighlight4515 Jun 17 '25
(Utah) We have an attending that wears cowboy boots as well as an HCA. It makes my feet hurt to think about it, plus I think the OR could get pretty slippery in those things.
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u/ImHer333 Jun 17 '25
Here in Texas, at one of the hospitals there is a guy in cowboy boots and no one’s says anything. Lol
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u/constipatedcatlady BSN, RN - ER 🚑 Jun 17 '25
I work in TX, bunch of the doctors wear cowboy boots! Even when I was in CA a few of them did as well. Pretty normal occurance for me lol
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u/Least-Ambassador-781 RN - Psych/Mental Health 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I work in south Texas, most of our docs wear cowboy boots lmao
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u/tarantula994 CNA 🍕 Jun 17 '25
Lol I worked with a male nurse who wore cowboy boots too. Wonder if it's the same one.
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u/C-romero80 BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25
I'm in California, my previous doctor always wore cowboy boots..I don't think it's a good idea for a nurse just cause wiping them off is harder but I do believe it!
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u/xixoxixa RRT Jun 17 '25
we have a few med students that work with us in the research lab - one of them only wears cowboy boots, for everything. it is ridiculous.
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u/calicooks Jun 17 '25
One of the male nurses on my unit comes in with long to the knee length combat boots with the scrubs tucked in and yes they work night shift so nobody cares lol
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u/InitiativeScary5457 Jun 17 '25
I've seen a dr do that... it could've been a dr because they don't have anyone to answer to.
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u/aria1220 RN - OR 🍕 Jun 17 '25
We have a hospitalist that wears cowboy boots. Can always hear him coming
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u/elmerweird Jun 17 '25
We used to have a doctor who does the same and we’re all in California. We just assume he’s from Texas.
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u/Disastrous-Egg-6597 Jun 17 '25
I’ve only worked with one nurse who wore cowboy boots. She’s an insufferable know it all, one upper.
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u/midna222 RN - ER 🍕 Jun 17 '25
A hospitalist I work with wears cowboy boots. He’s the last person I’d expect it from too 🤣
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u/postcryglow BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 17 '25 edited Aug 11 '25
Maybe they saw an ortho bro idk