night shift day shifts pros and cons

[alanrn72]

I am a RN that has never worked days shifts. for 20 years I have been on nights, I am getting very tired, can someone give me futher info on this subject the pros and cons of these two shifts,,,O welcome your ino]put. as I am near making a change

[Schatzi RN CEN]

I am working nights, and have done so for the last three years. I like the nights, because at our little facility there is no one buy nursing personnell, making it much easier to do my job. I like the added money from shift differentials. I like being able to do things during the day. I don't like missing my children's games in the evenings, taking several days to get on my families schedule on my days off.

--The thing I hate the most about working nights is getting phone calls at 11 AM "What are you doing, surely you weren't sleeping anymore!"

When I was working days I liked to be able to visit with more co-workers, evenings with my family, actually being awake when the rest of the world is awake.

[pdmech73]

Studies show that working night shifts can have an adverse effect on your body after so many years. I work night shifts 7:30pm-7:30am (not as a nurse) and go to full-school fulltime (undergraduate), and it really wears me out. Your circadian rhythm can get pretty screwy. What's great is that night shifts are more relaxing; however, a lot of things like the bank, doctors appointments, stores, and etc. are only open during the day while you are sleeping.

They say working nights is only for the young...

-Paul