Finding the right time to sleep...

Ideally I sleep from midnight to 8. However, that does not work out if I pick up a 7 - 3 shift, or Monday nights when I have to volunteer on Tuesday mornings at 8, or even on Sunday if I am going to go to church. ALSO, I am starting my last semester of clinicals this week and I have night shift. So, I am attempting to sleep during the day. Last night I made myself stay up to 3, slept until 11:30 (my cats did not like this and woke me up around 9). Tonight, I am going to try and push it a little farther, all to get my self ready to stay up all night on Friday. Should be easy to sleep Saturday and then I get go back that night. I'm more than a little nervous!

I sleep from 10- 1730 usually, since I'm on nights. This usually works well for me.

The night before I work I sleep from 2100-0515, that works well, and then I repeat that x2. When I am off, I sleep from 2200-0600/0630, which I why I prefer working days, although they are super busy. At least my sleep schedule is the same.

What is this "sleep" you speak of?

I work days 6:30-3:00 pm! Thank goodness I hate pm's! But I sleep maybe 5-6 hours a night on nights I work and then on my days off it varies.. I might crash at 8:00 pm but then I'll be up at 3/4:00 am on my day off, but have not slept in past 7:00 am on a day off in 6 months I remember my teenage days where I could sleep until noon! Sad thing is I'm single and in mid 20's but by the time I'm off and get home I just want to crawl into bed!

I am reading this after my usual 3 nights in a row at 0215. Obviously I do not flip well!

Well it's 2am, I have been awake since 6am and hope to be sleeping around 9am or so. Normally I work 7p-7a x 3 days a week and go to school 2 days a week from 12p-4p and have 1 clinical a week from 7a-7p... these days tend to overlap a lot. I also have 4 dogs that make it nearly impossible to get undisturbed sleep on my nights/days off.

I figure maybe I can get some sleep one of these days.

I work 6pm to 6am. I generally sleep from 9 am to 4:30pm, I try to stay on the same sleeping schedule when I am off work too. I use white noise machine, keep the room a cool 68 degrees and use a blackout curtain. I usually feel pretty well rested, but this schedule is rough on a social life. Have always been a night shift nurse, I groove on this schedule.

I sleep when I'm dead. Lol I work nights 7p to 7aSaturday and Sunday. And I have two kids that r standing outside the bathroom door as I type this now. Lol

I'm starting the ICU pretty soon: Rotating from days to nights and back again.

I rely on a good night sleep and am known to go to bed by 8 or 9 every night, rising by 3 or 4 am the next morning. Nights are going to be brutal! The hardest part will be that My dog will want a walk when I come home. Should I wear sunglasses outside to make my body think it is still dark?

giving up sleeping to help others !!

OMG i can't describe how much i'm proud to be one of the mercy angles