National Nurses Week 2026 Is Here: The Best Sales, Deals, and Discounts to Shop Now

Reported by Women's Health Magazine.

If you're a nurse, a doctor, a first responder, or anyone else who's spent a 12-hour shift on unforgiving floors, you already know: your shoes are not a luxury, they're infrastructure. And right now, during National Nurses Week (May 6–12), some of the best footwear brands in the business are making it significantly easier to invest in them.

According to Women's Health Magazine, this week is one of the best windows all year to score discounts on the cushioned, supportive sneakers that healthcare workers actually rely on — styles from brands like Hoka, Brooks, Asics, and New Balance that rarely see meaningful markdowns. Most of these deals require verification through ID.me or SheerID (a work email or employee ID usually does it), and many extend to teachers, military members, and first responders — not just nurses.

The Deals Worth Your Attention

The standout offers: Asics is giving verified nurses 25% off footwear and 30% off apparel in stores and online. Brooks, a longtime favorite for serious shift workers, offers 25% off select styles through its Community Heroes Program. Hoka — the brand synonymous with that cloud-like cushioning — gives medical professionals 15% off after ID.me verification, same as New Balance and Skechers (which also lets you stack the discount with sitewide promos, worth noting). Lululemon quietly runs a year-round 15% discount for first responders and medical workers via SheerID, covering styles like the Chargefeel 3, a 2025 Women's Health Sneaker Award winner. And if your brand loyalty runs Nike, they're offering 10% off most items online for medical professionals and first responders.

Beyond shoes, a few other categories are worth a look. Compression sock brand Comrad is offering essential workers up to 35% off — a genuinely useful buy for anyone on their feet all day. Both Stanley and YETI are offering nurses up to 20% off drinkware with ID.me verification, because hydration on a marathon shift is not optional. Dr. Scholl's has 20% off sitewide through May 12th, no verification required — nurses and teachers qualify.

The broader point here: these aren't throwaway flash sales on styles you'd never actually wear. These are workhorse shoes and everyday essentials, discounted during the one week a year the industry pauses to acknowledge what healthcare workers absorb physically and emotionally every single day. If you qualify, use it.

Your body does enough heavy lifting — your shoes should do some of the work too.

Read the original at Women's Health Magazine.