moving to day shift---HELP

CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN · Oct 13, 2005

You should be fine. The biggest differences...pts are awake more, dealing with families, more of a med pass. Not sure how your facility is, but you prob with have administation or departments in during the day hrs. Keep organized and you'll manage.

Nurse Ratched, RN · Oct 13, 2005

Bright side: never having to worry that you're waking up a grouchy doc at 11 am .

fluffwad · Oct 16, 2005

i did 11-7 for 12 years ........... it took a while to get my sleep cycle re-adjusted. it also took some time to get used to a different way of thinking about keeping track of time ( when you come into work on friday night and leave saturday morning; the meaning of yesterday is up for a lot of interpretation).

i remember being mildly surprised when it dawned on me that not only did i get to sleep tonight, but i got to sleep every night from now on.

"i'll be starting baylor weekends in a nursing home this saturday."

what are baylor weekends?

allnurses Guide · Oct 16, 2005

I think "baylor" is a term for someone who just works like, Saturday and Sunday but gets paid for 36 hours. Maybe someone who works the weekends so that the other folks can have off.

HappyNurse2005, RN · Oct 16, 2005

at our facility, baylor weekends can either be friday/saturday/sunday 12 hours each (you get 2 extra bucks an hour to do this every week, on top of the weekend premium) or some do 3p-7a on saturday/sunday

Lisa CCU RN, RN · Oct 16, 2005

For over 19 years I have worked 11-7 or 7p-7a with some 3-11's but never
DAY shift 7am to 7 pm. I am so nervous. Over the years I have worked in hospitals and nursing homes so I am use to each, just not on day shift. I hope I adjust. I know things are done so differently on days or I think I know that they are. I'll be starting baylor weekends in a nursing home this saturday.
Any advise is welcomed. I just hope I am overly anxious for no reason. Just needed to vent about my nervousness, the husband doesn't like to hear about my work, thanks.

Why wouldn't your husband want to hear about your work? I don't mean to get off topic or offend, but I've heard others say this also. I;m not even with my husband ( we are currently separated) but he at least pretends to listen when I talk about work.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 17, 2005

Good luck. I understand your apprehension. I switched to days after 13 years of working nights. I'm doing very well six months later.

sueQ · Oct 17, 2005

Thanks for everyones reply. This was my first weekend on days, and it did go well. Very busy, it made the 12 hours go by quickly. Baylor at where I am working is 12 hours Saturday and Sunday and you are paid 36 hours or you can choose to get paid for only the 24 hours you work and get your health/dental insurance instead. I chose the pay for 36 hours because my husband has good insurance with his job. As far as my husband not wanting to hear about my work, I think it has to do with him not understanding what we nurses do. On the other hand I don't like to hear about his business life, I find it dull and boring. So it is a mutual decision between us not to talk about our careers.

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Oct 17, 2005

Day shift is much busier in nursing homes. It is the day shift who has much of the burden of contacting doctors and getting order changes and dealing with family complaints. You will need to keep very organized. You also need to make sure that you pass information on to the night shift staff so they are kept "in the loop" of what is going on.