alv24518

I completely understand what a nurse's shift is like. I was generally speaking in terms of the shift difference between my boyfriend and I. There will be weekends I'm working and he's off. There will be weekends where we both work. But there will also be the weeks where I have consecutive days off where he's working. I was simply giving one example of many different shift combinations. In short, I was speaking very loosely - I know what to expect from my shifts/hours!

I've been in a long-term relationship and recently just graduated nursing school (yay!). However, as adult life begins to creep in and my boyfriend and I are looking for jobs (he's in business), i was wondering: how do nurses juggle being in relationships with those who are 9-5pm workers? I know it's super common, but what is the best way to juggle working 3 12's and then having the rest of the week off while your significant other won't be free until the weekend? I have a fear that it may make things difficult in my relationship as we are already long distance by around 2 hrs and can't move in together currently.