3 types of shifts

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So here is my theory:

There are 3 types of shifts:

There are shifts when you come home,put your feet up and have a Coke (or diet Coke)

Three are shifts when you come home, put your feet up and have a Rum and Coke (or diet coke)

and then there are shifts when you come home; and stick the straw directly into the RUM!

Lately, my shifts have been the third option!!!

So - how was your shift today????

Specializes in Med Surg.

Last night was definitely a stick the straw directly into the rum night. Only 5 patients, but 3 required a lot of work so I was running all night long. Since my tolerance for alcohol is about zero, I'm having chips and dip and gummy bears for dinner, then I'm going to read a good book for awhile.

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Specializes in CAPA RN, ED RN.

Had a number 2 shift yesterday afternoon but my charge nurse had a number 3. I felt sorry for him. I came in to help because the ED was totally overwhelmed. Within 10 minutes I had a 3 hour backlog of work that everyone wanted done that second.

I immediately had a full load of patients that needed all of their triage and assessments charted, IVs, medications and reassessments, other procedures and studies started, and multiple call lights, of course. My 93 yo ambulance patient waited about an hour before I could do any interventions on her. Her EKG was fine, she had warm blankets and I felt like the other patients that had waited for hours in pain in the lobby got a shot at care first.

My thought was, "ok, they are not sitting in the waiting room, they are lying on beds waiting for me instead." And I did what I could as fast as I could.

When I was done I came home, made a killer fresh salsa and had a taco salad. Oh, and a little chocolate afterwards. Fabulous.

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

I have had a 3 shift all week to and I am hitting the bar at 11am tomorrow!!

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I thought it was meconium, diarrhea, and ... oh...no...wait. My mistake.

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Specializes in OR Hearts 10.

Tuesday was a number 3, then yesterday and today ACLS......having some wine (whine) right now...

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Today I was lucky enough to get to work on the "overflow unit" which is a makeshift space where ICU beds don't get filled up and med-surg patients can reside with nurses who have no idea where things are and have never worked together before, secretaries who are equally lost, a tracking system that doesn't even SEE our beds on the computer, and supplies fit for ICU patients while everyone is asking for things like...diet pepsi and deodorant. I'm sorry I don't see that in the supply closet but would you like a thoracotomy tray instead?

I already have a headache so drinking is not for me tonight. But I guess "3" if I catch your drift

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical / Palliative/ Hospice.

I averaged my shifts from the last three weeks... probably a 2.3. Ha ha. This week I did three shifts in a row. By your scale, a 3, 2, 1. Isn't that part of why we are in the nursing profession...for the variety? :cool:

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