gretnao

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1. Nightshifters: What wakes you up while you are trying to sleep in this 9 to 5 world?

   gretnao replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

   1. The telephone ringing. 2. People slamming car doors in the street. 3. Someone knocking on the door. 4. Needing to go to the bathroom. 5. Others moving around the house. Solutions: 1. Drift off to sleep with a cd playing a bit of backgr...

2. What do you do to get past the 2am slump

   gretnao replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

   Definately the coffee!!!! My slump usually hits about 3am, after I've done the 2am round. That and talking to my workmates. If all else fails, I'll take my break and wander around the hospital to get a change of scenery. Caffeine usually does ...

3. Night shift nurses are lazy and NICU isn't real nursing!

   gretnao replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Having worked all nursing shifts, I can sure say that night duty nurses are not lazy and they DO work. Sometimes they have to work even harder than the day staff, as they have fewer staff. Anyone who thinks that night duty is sitting around drink...

4. What the public thinks you do

   gretnao replied to skwirm's topic in General Nursing

   I've dealt with a few patients that are condescending to what nurses do and the tasks we perform. But I've found, that most patients and the public in general are supportive of nurses and appreciate what we do. However, I think that a lot of peo...