Having a night nurse as a roomate ?

psu_213, BSN, RN · Jul 19, 2015

Im a nurse with a (relatively) normal 9-5 (I dont do direct patient care)
Im considering have a normal regular old medsurge (nights) nurse of the opposite gender as a roommate.
Is this a bad idea?

If the apartment, house, etc. is big enough where one person can sleep while the other is awake and doing "stuff" it is not a bad idea at all. Not enough space? Then it can be a bad idea.

Out of curiosity, why did you include that this other person is "normal regular old" medsurge [sic] nurse?

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Jul 19, 2015

You're at work from 9-5, she'll be asleep then. She'll be at work when you're asleep. I don't foresee much of an issue, unless you're planning on having a party during the day time on her weekend when she's trying to sleep.

Purple_roses · Jul 19, 2015

Nope, not a bad idea. I did this. I usually worked 8am-8pm, and my roommate worked 7pm-7am and it worked pretty well. Granted, we rarely saw each other, but conflicts did not arise.

GuEsT78 · Jul 19, 2015

Noise is the key issue. If you're both willing to be relatively quiet while the other sleeps, it'll work. If either wants to have friends over or do anything but tip-toe around, it won't.

It also depends on how sound carries in your place and how sound a sleeper each of you is. Some people can adapt to a lot of noise. Running around Europe, I quickly adjusted to sleeping on night trains to save time and money. Not everyone can.

You might want to conduct a short trial first.