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I would love to get an entire 30 minutes in a 12 to 14 hour shift (i.e., the scheduled 12 hours plus the unintentional but unavoidable OT to complete all the charting etc.) Seriously, in more than a...

I know a nurse whose facility does not allow CPR... although they do admit "full code" patients. The plan is to get the patient to a hospital - or obtain the DNRO - before they crash. My friend...

This is unfortunately too common... I worked on a stepdown unit as a new grad (also 8 patients - yes, that is ludicrous) and had to stay late every day (and so did the experienced nurses!) But at...

Funny I should read this just as I am dealing with a ludicrous write-up by a charge nurse who wrote a rambling, incoherent complaint to the manager that I was "complaining" about my assignments the...

OP, so you had to do primary with 6 or more med/surg patients? That's an unreasonable assignment for anyone. That you would drown was totally predictable. And how can you be held accountable if a pt...

That is assuming that this is true. I seriously doubt that the hospital would NOT have thrown the nurse(s) under the bus, although I'm more inclined to believe that the royal family would have let...

I have one for the Management Hall of Shame: Management complains (again) about "unauthorized overtime", i.e., the nurses being forced to chart after their 12-hour shift (let's not even mention...

Hi, all, I'm finally, finally on days after several months of 7P-7A, 3 nights in a row. I realized long ago that this didn't work for me but had to do my time. Although I'm truly a night owl,...

There is only one cure for this.... go to days. Although I'm an extreme night owl (note the time I'm posting this, on my day off - and I should not stay on a night schedule, but can't help it), I...

Have you considered inpatient hospice? That's what I do, we have the same shifts as hospitals (i.e., no on call, 3 12's) and practice many clinical skills (except IV, which we rarely do). But it's...

Nights is awful if you have young kids have to change back to a day schedule on your days off (the first day off is a total waste if you worke nights). I have never been so tired, I have absolutely...

Do you have standing orders for MS? If not, get an order. Ativan works great as well (and helps with the anxiety that's making the respiratory distress worse). And have to agree with pp, get help if...

Try working night shifts... three in a row, you are beyond tired. Especially if you can't sleep during the day. Hate, hate, hate nights - but I digress. My pts/families often tell me I'm...

Nothing but Davis's Drug Guide for me! It's by far the best organized with the most useful info, which you can find quickly. I keep the newest edition at home and took an older one to work (as I...

I understand that, but teachers are not with their classes for 12 hours at a time (not even eight in most cases). Nurses, sadly, have impossible workloads and often have to make a choice: do I...

Thanks from me as well. I worked in chronic dialysis for over 5 years and did some inpatient/acute dialysis as well and have encountered very few obnoxious patients (one in particular, and...

I returned to night shift after trying it unsuccessfully years ago (lasted about 5 months), and it was 12 hour shifts just like I'm doing now. Back then, however, my schedule was far worse - on/off,...

Just to clarify, I don't work in a hospital, it's a small inpatient facility with no other unit to transfer to. Because there are so few nurses, I know them quite well and would be very surprised if...

There is no one else who wants off nights, the other night nurses seem to love it (none of them have young kids). But I see your point. I guess there is not much more to do than wait.... or leave,...

Apparently not, at least not the ones my manager wants to hire (so she told me). But it might help if they got around to posting another ad :banghead:

I know, that's why I hesitate. There have been a lot of changes, the manager is fairly new to this position (not new to management though). The previous manager did hire even fairly inexperienced...

I don't think she wants to lose me, she's just playing games... I guess I'll apply for the next day position advertised, directly to HR. I don't like to do that, but it seems I have no choice. ...

Well, at first she said she needed to hire a replacement FT night nurse. This has now happened, although the new hire has not started floor orientation yet. The lastest reason was that now she...

Hi, all, I requested a transfer to day shift (after 2 day nurses suddenly, unexpectedly quit) 6 weeks ago, and keep getting excuse after excuse why I can't. It's not a matter of wanting to go...

I was doing fairly well a month or two into night shift, but now - after 5 months - I can't wait to go on days (put in my request, but manager has to hire a replacement first...) I have absolutely no...