Yadiya

Thank you! I am thinking about moving to ICU then PICU once my contract is up and I made the mistake of asking those coworkers what they thought about ICU and Peds. They all told me I should never because both of those are “too much work” yet they complain that where we work is too much work too ?

Hey, Guys! I had made a post asking if I should switch to days or stay on nights a couple of months ago and updated that I was doing well. I wanted to update one more time. I am much MUCH happier on days. My life is actually enjoyable. I don’t sleep all day on my days off. Work is more enjoyable during days as well. I have a greater support system and my days coworkers help me more than the nights coworkers did. The only issue I have is that one of my charge nurses doesn’t like me (apparently she hates new nurses and gives them a hard time to “break them in”). She’ll switch the assignment around in the middle of the day so that I end up getting the harder patients and doesn’t help me at all if I am drowning. But it’s an easy fix because they all work a fixed schedule so I just work when she’s not working ?. moral of the story: make your moves quietly and don’t let others influence your next steps. You’ll find there’s always going to be people who discourage you no matter what. Thank you for your input ?

I would never. My night shift crew is amazing ❤️ I am on my 2nd day of day shift and I love it so far

Thank you ? Day shift is overstaffed (I know! Crazy) while night shift is super understaffed. Too many of our staff are getting burnt out from it

If we weren’t so understaffed during nights I feel like the difference would be more clear. Yes it is a bit quieter on nights but I’ve had so many nights where I don’t even get to sit and chart until 2-3am and that’s only a few things. It gets overwhelming and my unit really tries to help each other but there are numerous nights where it just isn’t possible. Then on top of it, my health is being impacted which makes it not worth it for me at all. I just wanted to see how many new nurses have started on days and made it work. Thankfully it will be over 2 weeks ❤️ Thank you

Because I got conflicting information from different coworkers. I’d say it was 60/40 on whether it was a bad decision or not. 60% said days are horrible vs 40% said they really aren’t. That’s why I’m asking strangers their experiences

Hey, guys so this is my dilemma. I got a job in a medsurg unit on nights. I’ve been training there for a couple of months and will be on my own soon. I like my coworkers but we are always short staffed (6-8 patients) and the night schedule is taking a toll on my health and relationship. I went to my manager and asked if I could do days. He immediately said yes and I’ll start next schedule. When I went to tell my coworkers at night, they all made it seem like I am making a huge mistake. See, during the days, they have 3-5 patients, and 6 on a rare occasion. However, it is much more fast paced than nights. My coworkers have told me days is harder and new nurses don’t make it on days in that floor. All nurses that are working days have years of experience. The nurses on days also tend to not help out because they got their own stuff to do. Everyone is making it seem like my particular unit is the hardest unit on earth and I will drown. I personally think they’re exaggerating because most medsurg units are about the same. Super fast paced and no time to think. So if I’m going to do days anywhere, I may have the same experience. Am I making a mistake by going to days?