Hey Nurse! Cyberspace me an Ambien STAT!

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I am soooooooooo unable to sleep on my days off, and it's driving me bananas! I sure could use an Ambien right now. It is nooooooo fun waking up between 0230 and 0400 every frikkin morning I'm off! :( I toss and turn and can't stop THINKING. What is wrong with me, nurses? :o

Anyone else have trouble sleeping on their days off? How do you relax and get back to sleep without taking a Benadryl every night?

Not to mention that my upstairs neighbors are sooooooo noisy during the night. The creaking and squeaking of their floor sounds like they are IN MY BEDROOM!

Please...any advice? :stone

One reason we all can't sleep is too much data in our heads.

Anyone read Harry Potter Book 3 or 5? What we all need is a PENSIVE. :chuckle For those that did not, a pensive is like a shallow bowl that you store your thoughts in to get out of your head. Just place your wand, just about the (Pinna - just finished A&P & trying to apply it) and extract the thought & place it in the pensive. It then swirls around and is there for you to go back to. My wand is faulty & doesn't seem to work very well - dragon whisker. Just a thought:D

justjenn

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Specializes in Step down, ICU, ER, PACU, Amb. Surg.
Originally posted by cheerfuldoer

Hmmmmm.......a LARGE sherry/port! Now THAT sounds appetizing! Think I'll pick up a bottle today.......just for the night cap mind you. ;) Thanks Gwenith! :kiss

Better yet........Get a Cabana Boy to fan you and massage you and freshen your sherry/port........toss in the soothing music and life would be fandabulous. And if you take Tweety's advice on reading the nursing journal....make sure it's a really a data filled article something from a Nursing Research Journal.....the numbers are enough to make anyone sleepy! :D

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Me and my fan on high and my electric blanket on high and the a/c also cranked up = sleep.

Justjenn...LOL....

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