New Years Eve Blue Moon

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Specializes in LTC Family Practice.

I live in a rural area and love walking out in the moonlight, but since it falls on a New Years Eve this year, my thoughts will be with all of you working - the loons come out in full force it seems...good luck to you all and I hope it's quite.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

unfortunately, some people don't need lunar forces to act like lunatics

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Specializes in Emergency Only.

Blue Moon huh...

This is one day that I refuse to work.

I have worked this Holiday one time before, and let me tell you, in the ED, this is an excellent day to experience what it may be like for you during your shift on any one of the three hundred + days you may possibly go to work in any ED, except..it is a given..that this night will be very wild/craZy/unscripted/chaotic/mindblowing/Bloody/unbelievable/Etc/Etc/Etc

The only New Years Eve that I have ever worked (4 years ago - Just 1 week off of orientation) was ended with us all standing next to our cars in the parking lot for over an hour just debriefing the insanity that we all had witnessed.

I'll probably show up extra this year though... I know the full moon will make this one extra special!

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Specializes in Chiropractic assistant, CNA in LTC, RN.

I've never worked an ED on New Year's Eve or a full moon but I've seen what a full moon can do. It truly seems that more drunk drivers are out, more murders take place, and more insanity happens. For all those who ARE working, I will say extra prayers for you. I'm afraid you'll need it.

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Specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

I'm working, we'll be short handed, I'm stocking our unit up on restraints.

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