sangreal

some people do better staying up all night.......but it was difficult to sleep normal hours on days off....so some days i was sleeping days and somedays nights........but i can't handle the day shift.....it is way toooo crazy for me......have you ever noticed that people who like to work nights are different in personality than day people......i never liked getting up early....my daughter has to get up at 5A to get to work.....but she is a total day person.....night shift is a little more laid back.....unless you have a hell night.....which can happen often.......i used to revue my night on the ride home to remember if i did everything......could never come home and go straight to bed......had to de-stress for a while before falling asleep....or it would be a restless sleep.....:zzzzz

even though some seem to "get used to it".....there is a damage to your mind and body........i hate to say that nursing was at the root of my personal medical and sleep problems,but i have noticed a profound decrease in my own mental stress since retirement....and i sleep all night now like a baby.......less dreams......zero panic attacks that i had begun to suffer......but i do miss working sometimes.......the purpose driven life.....trying to give support to my RN children....by watching thier children while they work......i am a soccer granma now.......:monkeydance: but it is VERY good to spend quality time with them.....actually more than i was able to spend with my own children because of work and education goals......but i come here to keep my finger on the pulse of current nursing issues......once a nurse always a nurse i suppose.....

I worked the night shift for many years because it was best for my family situation......i don't think it is normal for the body...i was nearly always not rested enough....and trying to sleep while the rest of the world is up and about,mowing lawns,kids playing outside noisily,telephone ringing....you don't ever get in the state of sleep that you need to recover adequately.....since i retired....i sleep much better...don't wake up in the middle of the night with panic attacks....and quit having migraine HA's......my body and mind is in a natural cycle:innerconf now....lol....i also worked nights because of somewhat less stress than days......admin gone,etc........my daughter works days on a med/surg floor and it is killer sometimes......my heart goes out to todays nurses and the stresses they face each day......almost regret that my daughter and son followed me into the nursing field....but they love it...despite the challenges nurses face today..

Tampa,Florida here.

i believe corrections nursing is considered forensic nursing also..

Congratulations.

It seems to me from my own experience that more nurses smoke than don't smoke....

was 10 most nights...

congratulations!!!!!!!!![

i did not know you could be to happy????????????????

Good Luck to you.

Took 10 years to pay off my student loans after graduation.

Funniest thing i ever saw in the ER was a man had put a plastic pear up his orifice and could not get it out again.....

My heart goes out to you.....nurses are so rushed and stressed that it is difficult to be mistake free......even really good caring nurses.....there does need to be more support......nurses don't support each other enough......especially the new nurses who need to be mentored.

Diversion has become a big problem in nursing.....that is for sure.