Night shift survival?

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I just found out that I'll be orienting on night shift when I get my NCLEX results. I worked days for over two years, then got switched to evenings (which was hard enough). How do you cope? How do you sleep? Do you stay nocturnal on your days off?

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So Moongirl, how do you do overnights with your children? Are they school-age or do you have to deal with daycare? I may be getting an offer for my first job out of school, and it's for 7p-7a; I have a 3yo and 2 school-age daughters. I'm not sure how I would deal with the hours ---I've never had to put my girls in daycare before, it's very intimidating.

they are 12 and 9. My husband gets them ready for school when I am not here. Do you have a neighbor that could come over and stay with them till school time? During the summer, they hang out while i am sleeping, under strict orders to not wake me unless its blood or bone. We have neighbors with same age kids so they have someone to do stuff with

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