fatigue.....the nurse's

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  1. How much is too much???

    • 38
      only my scheduled hours and no more.......
    • 33
      well, maybe four hours more in a payperiod.....
    • 17
      sure, I will work four hours more routinely anytime you ask
    • 17
      oh, well i still have one day off in a two week period
    • 8
      a double plus.......not a problem

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Nurstoons can make my point here better than I can.....check out the one about clones.......and april fools................

Carl E. is great...........

micro is tired and just chillin'

the nursing shortage is on......and 'they' tell us it is only just starting.......

so how much overtime and etc do you do.........

and when is fatigue a problem for you.........

do you have a life outside of work.........

mental and physical fatigue........

and does administration understand or recognize this.......

and should we as nurses on purpose say , no I will not work........

just questions............

I am on a two day stretch of days off....

after an eight day stretch........

just about met the medical and Webster's description of fatigue.............

thoughts anyone.............:zzzzz :stone :stone

Specializes in Geriatrics/Oncology/Psych/College Health.

Uncle Sam just sucks up any extra I might make in OT, so not worth it. And definitely not worth it from a fatigue standpoint. I've made 8 hour shifts a rule for me and have no desire to go over 40 in a week.

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We have self-scheduling. I work one OT night a pay period, for a total of 7 nights in a 14 day period. I DO NOT work any more than that. I really really hate it when they want me to work more or try to call me in (I never answer the phone but find out that is what they wanted next time I am at work). :( If I am not on the schedule to work a night it is because I don't want to.........so leave me alone!!!!

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Very rarely do any OT. Working nights is plenty. It takes me an hour to drive home and I barely make it home on a regular eight hour shift...I don't want to die at the wheel! Besides, I'm no spring chickie. Maybe if I'm off the next day I might consider staying an extra four hours only if they are in a real bind.

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and so what do i do.......

agree to stay over an extra four.....and end up doing a double.........

1500 to 0700.........

but, hey, could have had to go back in today.........but they covered me and I have now until Thursday.........

but slow driving in the straight lanes home this a.m.

where is that dang blasted winning lottery ticket......;-)

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I am the sole support of my family...

my family has champagne tastes on a beer budget...

I'm paying TWO mortgages, while we are fixing up the "old" house to sell...

so, I usually work 4 twelves instead of the required 3, for full-time.

I get so tired, my first day off is spent doing nothing!

(Fifty and fat and a body that is battered from working 30 years in nursing)

But the bills get paid.

Haze :o

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those dang bills

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I only work congigent.

And stick with my one or two days a week....mostly b/c I want to be with my boys.

And also when I work it's sooo stressful as is. When I do pick up extra on a blue moon we're working short staffed.

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I work extra shifts all the time. I am the Nurse Manager of the unit and I do not do MOT. If someone wants extra...that's great but if not I fill it. I schedule myself to work the floor 3 or 4 days a week anyway- even when we are not short. (can hardly remember when that was but...).

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As the saying goes, Do you live to work or do you work to live? As a new grad I did live to work, but, after a few weeks in the trenches, attitudes change. Saving lives and stamping out disease day after day isn't any walk in the park sweetheart. My position has changed recently and I don't mind picking up a little OT here and there, if it is convenient. When I do pick up extra it is genuinely appreciated. Then I make sure I treat myself when the paycheck comes.

Sorry Micro,,,,,I have the winning lottery ticket!

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I work 5 12's a week. I am the only night shift person on my unit except for the weekend RN and she is pregnent so i don't expect her to work any extra. I have been known to come in extra on a friday or saturday to help HER out. Not a favor to management. She has been known to do the same thing for me. When i am off i try to do 1 8 hour shift with the agency just to keep up with whats going on in the rest of nursing. I guess i average about 65 hours a week but i am working toward a goal. When I grow up i want to be my son's football, baseball, etc. coach. So, I work lots now so I can work less later!

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Hey Jazzdog....$$$$$ the winning lottery ticket!

Where to first.....? Not to work, oh, no!!!!!

I got put on the schedule for an automatic stayover till 0300(extra 4) without any knowledge to me.....I first just

pav'd out.............

then a friend reminded me not to be a pavlo's dog.............'

so i unpavlo'd.........

night from full moon high'?

yikes........

micro and out.....

one more day.........

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but then again, can't c/o.........

last night.........night from hell on the floor.....

can't c/o.............

life is a lil' salt and a lil' pepper.........or something like that.........

editted before and as I write this.........:-/

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