Embracing Night Shift

[BSNbeauty]

Before having a child you couldn't pay me to do nights. I have done nights in the past and always despised them. Well, now I'm a new mommy and in order to avoid child care I went to nights part time. So instead if whimpering and complaining I've decided to embrace nights , since this is my new normal. Here are the pros I'm ever so grateful for:

- Not having to place my baby in daycare. Yes, I rarely get sleep but I have a peace of mind

-Shift diff . Enough said

-No visitors after 830pm

-No managers, or any other persons that typically pluck my nerves in day shift

-Working two 12 hour nights really isn't that bad. I spread my out.

-It goes by pretty fast most of the time

-Weekends are split. Which means I don't have to work sat and sunday like I did on days. I can work fri and sat but split up( friday one week and Saturday another week).

The list goes on. Its honestly not that bad.

[Red Kryptonite]

AND there is the double diff...one for NOC and the other for the Weekend.

That must be nice. The only diff we get is for night shift.

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

That must be nice. The only diff we get is for night shift.

I get a shift diff for NOC as well, I get an additional diff for weekends :)

Can't wait for a holiday to fall on a weekend :)

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

I love nights: better diffs, none of the managerial drama, no visitors, the staff tend to be closer-knit, and in psych, there's enough patients awake to keep things interesting. I'm currently doing it one day...er, night a week, and once I finish up a long-term assignment I plan to do more or even convert over to full-time.