Do you day shift nurses ever feel an exasperated yet defensive/angry response to the next shift when you failed to do something you should have done during your shift and it is passed on to them?
I feel a mix of exasperation, apology, and defensive anger. Yes I failed as a nurse because I did not cover this thing during my shift. I covered 5 other things instead and so maybe I was prioritizing wrong.
It creates a general passive aggressive vibe between day shift and night shift where I feel I'm walking on eggshells and can't ever get anything right for them. Yes night shift sucks. I'm not in their shoes. But do they realize all the things we balance during the day?
In the end it makes me look like I missed this major thing during my shift and am a bad nurse, when, well I was balancing 5 other things and discharges (night shift does not do discharges) and 100 things going crazy between 5 pm and 7 pm.
How do you dayshift nurses improve in this area?
I feel exasperated because something had to give, yet I am a repeat offender in this area. Advice please. I know I could use some humility. But I'm mainly just angry and exhausted and struggle to face the night shift nurses the next day/shift.
