nightowl216

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1. Why 12 hr. shifts???

   nightowl216 replied to SusieQ1243's topic in General Nursing

   I have done 12 hour shifts for 11 years and I do not like them at all. I put up with the horrible hours becuase I really enjoyed the area I was working (peds cardithoracic surgical ICU) but at age 47 I have hit my limit. I just can't do it any more. ...

2. When will you retire?

   nightowl216 replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

   When I win the lottery! Been at this for 25 years, 20 more to go before my house will be paid off and I will eligible for Social Security. Between jobs right now because I just can't tolerate 12 hour shifts any more. And I am having a very hard time...

3. Like I really need feed-back on this. . . .

   nightowl216 replied to RunningSoLate's topic in General Nursing

   I worked at a place that did something similar several years ago,and it infuriated me too. It cost them I don't recall exactly how many 100s of 1000s of dollars to do the study, more than enough to hire a couple maore nurses. the results showed that ...