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Dec 02, 2008 01:17 AM

Day shift vs. Night Shift


I work on a cardiology unit, and it is apparent there is conflict between the day shift and night shift. I currently work nights, and have no desire to go to day shift. My manager wants to implement a Collaborative Action Team to have the two shifts communicate together. Does anyone has something like this in place? Or does any one have any ideas that would make this work? My biggest fear is that the two sides will get together and it will turn into a whine and complain feast, or a blame-game. I want to actually be apart of a group that is trying to make changes instead of just complaining about the situation of the floor. Any help would be great.


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from NRSKarenRN
Old Dec 02, 2008, 01:45 AM

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from NewRN2008
Old Dec 02, 2008, 06:45 AM

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good luck with your task. that will be difficult, but try and stay neutral. i know that each shift is a different breed and does things different and has different ideas, but you should be able to come to a great conclusion! like i said gl!

-H-RN
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from neurorn6
Old Dec 02, 2008, 04:36 PM

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I have worked both shifts and it is not unusually for there to be conflict between the 2 shifts. Don't be surprised if the first meeting is a "whine Session". Stay focused on the goal. Let everyone vent. Then have them come up with a positive way on fixing the problem.
Each shift has it's own difficulties, unique to that shift but they also have similiar difficulties.
It will take time but you can affect a positive change for your unit.
Good Luck
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Old Dec 02, 2008, 06:00 PM

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Somewhere not too far from where I live this day vs night shift rivalry got carried a little too far. Some night shift nurses started placing laxative suppositories in the patients around change of shift to make the day nurses work more. They had no order and got caught and faced criminal issues as well as the nursing board.
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from KalipsoRed
Old Jan 05, 2009, 06:44 AM

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I say that all of those who are on the commitee need to spend 1 month working the shift opposite of what they do now. This is what I think is the hughest issue with hospitals and the medical field! We form all these stupid commitees fixing problems that most of the members of the commitee can't see the opposite side of. I think most people try, but there is no replacing experence. Change shifts for a month and see what your counter parts do so that you can get the best idea of how to streamline things.
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Old Jan 05, 2009, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by futrarmyCRNA View Post
Somewhere not too far from where I live this day vs night shift rivalry got carried a little too far. Some night shift nurses started placing laxative suppositories in the patients around change of shift to make the day nurses work more. They had no order and got caught and faced criminal issues as well as the nursing board.
Wrong---but very funny!!!

back to the orginal OP. I think the day/night shift complaint is world wide...our unit it is not that bad as most of us swing both ways per say...I think all of us have traded or picked up on the opposite shift. We all have our favorites, I am a night person by choice but have worked days and know they have thier own set of problems and the day staff has picked up nights and know we also have our fair share of issues.
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from keckRN5666
Old Jun 10, 2009, 11:58 PM

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On my floor we have staff meetings once a month around 2 or 3 pm where night and day shifts are present..night shift has the option of calling in on a meeting phone or just getting the notes at a later date. There is a lot of blame game but also good issues that come up and a solution agreed on. All in all it improves care on my floor and gets all the nurses on the same page.
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