How Many Night Nurses Attend Meetings?

[NurseQT]

Just wondering how many of you night nurses attend monthly nurses meetings that are scheduled in the early afternoon when you worked the night before and are scheduled to work the night of? I typically don't attend the nurses meetings when on night shift mainly because that's my "middle if the night" and when the other shifts are expected to come in for meetings at 1 am, than I'll be more receptive to coming in for a meeting at 1 pm. But when I work until at least 6, don't get home until 7 then typically don't get to bed until 8. I don't think I should be expected to get up 3 hours later to drive in for a meeting. Once that meetings I er I have to go directly to pick my kids up from school, than it's VB practice, helping with homework, getting supper on the table, and getting the kids ready for bed. I have just enough time to shower and get myself ready to go back to work. Our DON recently sent out a message saying that meetings were MANDATORY, not a request. I guess I wish it would be nice if there was a bit more consideration for and maybe record the meetings or have a 6am time. Ya know what I mean?!

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

i so understand your position, when I was DON at several different LTCs, I would come in like at 4-5am, do a quickey recap.....

i hope your nursing adminstration, will be a bit more flexible.

[TardisMom]

I don't attend meetings unless they are at 7am. I don't think it is reasonable to make a "mandatory" meeting at 3pm when that is in the middle of my sleeping time. When they ask the day nurses, many of whom think we "don't do anything at night", to come in at 3am I will come to meetings at 3pm. I usually have someone I trust from day shift take notes for me and give me the info.