Hello Nurses!
After working for 11 months on nights a position opened up for day shift... I put my name in, and got the job. I will now be working 12s 6a-6p in the ER.
This is great, and not so great for various reasons. Here is the list of pros and cons.
Pros
1) Having a regular sleeping schedule
2) actually SEEING my husband
3) being awake to do things on my days off
Cons
1) I love my night shift girls (with few exceptions)
2) 2 bucks less an hour.... I get paid less to deal with MORE patients
3) I miss the PM Docs!
I have many more for each category, but they pretty much come up equal... the overwhelming pro was being home at night and sleeping normal hours.
I'm still adjusting to my new coworkers and stuffier atmosphere, but things are going well. Atleast I can begin to have some what of a normal existence again.
Happy Day.
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