Longest Shift You've Worked

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As nurses, there may be times we are required to work long days. The other day, I successfully worked my first 23 hour shift.

What is the longest shift you've ever worked? 

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On 6/25/2021 at 6:55 PM, SilverBells said:

As nurses, there may be times we are required to work long days. The other day, I successfully worked my first 23 hour shift.

What is the longest shift you've ever worked? 

“Successfully”

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13 hours ago, DesiDani said:

To management (((cough))) naturally called her a good dedicated worker who always willing to help out.

My mistake they did not call her dedicated, but from the article it appears that one side said staff repeatedly had to work short and multiples, while the mgt said that rarely occured.

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Specializes in Rehab/Nurse Manager.

Failed to meet my goal today.  Fortunately, it wasn't too excessive. Worked 8am-9pm or 13 hours.   

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10 hours ago, 0.9%NormalSarah said:

“Successfully”

Yes.  It was unwise, but everyone made it through successfully 

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20 hours ago, By-a-thred, RN said:

Most states don't allow nurses to work longer than 16 hours (unless it's an emergency). Was your "23 hour shift" an emergency or bad planning?

 

Two of my long shifts resulted from emergent short staffing.  The third was my fault for overextending myself when it wasn't needed.  In any case, I'm eternally grateful that no grave mistakes were made during any of them

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2 hours ago, SilverBells said:

Yes.  It was unwise, but everyone made it through successfully 

Well my point is that if you worked that long, you weren’t being successful in your job as a manager. I think others have said the same thing. 

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Specializes in Rehab/Nurse Manager.

Seems that even though I cut back from 70+ hours to 55 hours this week,  it still was not enough.  Slept for 13 hours straight, woke up for 2 hours, now going back to bed again 

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Specializes in Physiology, CM, consulting, nsg edu, LNC, COB.

Hanging with bated breath … will she or won’t she? The suspense is (not) killing me. 

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On 6/29/2021 at 11:42 PM, caliotter3 said:

You are incorrect when you state that you have nothing besides work to occupy yourself.  You have my favorite preoccupation: sleep.  Glorious, abundant sleep!

True. If I'm not working, I'm probably asleep 

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On 6/29/2021 at 4:01 PM, Pepper The Cat said:

You know Silver Bells, when you drop dead from overwork, management will replace you and the place will still go on. 

Only to be expected 

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19 hours ago, 0.9%NormalSarah said:

Well my point is that if you worked that long, you weren’t being successful in your job as a manager. I think others have said the same thing. 

You're right.  I even had a coworker mention that I'm not doing a very good job in my position if I'm staying until 3am, so there's obviously truth to what people are saying.  The problem lies in what the next action should be: continue to try and find a way to cut back, or possibly step down from the position. 

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