how bad is 11a-11p?

chare · Nov 22, 2016

When I worked ED the 1100 - 2300 shift was my shift of choice.

It is a tough shift however, because there is generally no slow time at all and you generally are on the go the entire shift.

offlabel · Nov 22, 2016

Where I was, 3-11 was the hell shift. 7-3 was for the snow flake nurses :roflmao: 11-2300 would be the hybrid shift...best of both worlds. 3 days a week, yeah? I'd hit that...You'd be getting off just when things were getting hot, though. I hated that...Multiple penetrating traumas rolling in and me and my swing shift peeps would be heading out for quesadillas and beer with OPD...dang!

Lev, MSN, RN, NP · Nov 22, 2016

I work 11-11 now and love it. Also not much of a morning person. I've worked 3-3 and I think 11-11 is busier.

NotYourMamasRN · Nov 22, 2016

I worked it for awhile and grew to dislike it. I felt with night shift I would have down time at the end of the night and with day shift I would have down time at the end of the shift, but with 11-11 there was nothing but crazy. Sure the shift flew by but at the ripe old age of 30 I felt like I was 150 after 2-3 days in a row. But I was like you and hated mornings. I eventually just stuck with nights.

GM2RN · Nov 23, 2016

11-11 can be a tough shift if you can't handle being on the go all the time. In my ER, 11-11 opened up a new core and didn't just float. It depends on the size of the ER and how it's designed to flow whether or not you float or have a core assignment.

bear14 · Nov 26, 2016

I work 11-11 and it can be exhausting. By 1900 you're looking at your watch thinking okay I have four more hours and then by ten you start your countdown. For me it works because I can get the kids to school, have some down time and then go. But again by 1900 and having been on your feet all day, at least for me you get tired.

danggirl16 · Nov 26, 2016

I too am not a morning person so starting that few hours later was a plus. Like others have said though there isn't any slow time...no gradually winding up or gradually winding down. Where I worked how my assignment was structured depended on who was calling the shots that day. Sometimes I'd float around then cover lunch shifts until 1500 then take a dedicated room assignment; other times the CN would cover triage until I came in then I'd take that over. The two things that finally made me switch to 1900-0700 were : more often than not the CN coming on at 1900 would change my assignment so I'd have to give report on the 4 pts I had been taking care of and pick up new ones. Or at 2300 I'd hear how they were short bc a 1500 or 2300 nurse didn't show up and I couldn't leave until the census dropped enough.

NurseHeart&Soul, MSN · Dec 1, 2016

You come in running and often leave running, but the shift goes by quickly. The bonus as a new grad is there is more staff on at that hour so more resources and support to be found. In my 20 years in the ED, this has always been my favorite shift. It's exhausting but never a dull moment.

Racer15, BSN, RN · Dec 13, 2016

I work 10a-10p. I like the hours. My biggest pet peeve is that I get pulled to relieve lunches but then no will cover my lunch break. So I rarely get one. I also occasionally get pulled at 1900 to another area of the ER to close it down. And get a terrible report, if any. Like tonight when I had to take a pt to the unit that I knew nothing about because the nurse that went home at 1900 gave virtually no report to the nurse that went home at 2100, and I came in at 1940 (went to lunch at 1910), so it was a complete clusterfuck. I basically took over seven patients that no one knew anything about and I came unhinged and flipped out on the poor night charge more than once before I went home. So that can be a problem on the mid shift í ½í¸‚

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Dec 27, 2016

Honestly, I hated 11-11. I enjoyed coming in a little later because I have a hard time getting up at the crack of dawn at times, but that's it. 11-11 is the busiest shift imo. From my experiences, you hit the ground running and you're still running until you leave. Typically, the ER opens more beds as more staff come on...so mid shifters typically get crappier assignments or will get slammed all at once with patients. Never again unless I was really desperate.

skylark, BSN, RN · Dec 29, 2016

Its a great shift, but just be sure you have your journey home covered.

Public transit at 11pm is not wise.

Have a reliable car and be sure your cellphone is always charged.