A rant from the night shift.

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I work 7pm to 7am. Let me say that again.... MY shift ends at 7am. I appreciate that the day nurses come in bright eyed and bushy tailed, and I certainly wouldn't want you to come in late. BUT, don't come flying into the hospital at 6:30am and start demanding MARs and paperwork from me with this "Well the real nurse is here now" attitude. I'm done taking care of my patients when 7am comes and I give you report. I am not hiding the patient's paperwork from you.... I'm WORKING. I can't re-check my MARs and make sure everyone is medicated for pain and that all the care plans are in the packet if you come in and just take my paperwork.

Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

I feel your pain; I'm usually no where near ready to give report when the day

shift nurses show up; in fact most mornings I would love to insert another

hour into my shift, seriously. But, I work in LTC with 54 residents all to

myself on night shift, and most of my ladies get 6am Synthroid. Makes for

a difficult 6am med pass....

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I would love to be able to take report early! Unfortunately, we are not allowed to clock in until 7 minutes before our shift begins.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

I just wish that they would show up on time. I would just tell them exactly what you said in your post.

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Specializes in Med Surg - Renal.
=I can't re-check my MARs and make sure everyone is medicated for pain and that all the care plans are in the packet if you come in and just take my paperwork.

Dear Epic,

I love you.

Thanks,

MN-Nurse

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

taking MARS, paperwork should be addressed by the manager. We now have electronic everything which stopped that problem (added others of course)

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