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The hospital where I work has a Baylor program that is a 12 shift on Sat and Sun with full time benefits. 16 hours is a long time.

I also drive about an hour to and from work. I enjoy the time to myself. I keep a digital voice recorder to make note of things I need to do. and the best part, when I leave the hospital as a stressed out mess it gives me time to relax and recompose.

I work 2 12hour shifts a week. There is no option where I work but I like the 12 hours. I think it provides a better chance for continuity of care, being with pt most of the day during testing or procedures helps the nurse, the patient and the family. And I am 50+ and find going in only two days a week is a blessing.

I have been a nurse for many years and remember when we pushed a big, heavy medicine cart down the hall. I have seen a lot of changes in nursing. I to pull my meds for each of our pt and place in individual zip top bags. It is totally unrealistic to pull one pt meds at a time due to the large area in our unit and only one pyxis for all the nurses. We also are using the scan barcodes before administering meds, fouht it at first but now almost panic when technology goes down for a while.

Don't piss off your nurse, it could be a very long 12 hours

hello everyone and Merry Christmas. I am asking for some help:idea: I work on a neuroscience unit and we have been asked to come up with a slogan for t-shirts unit. We have alot of strokes, neurosurgeries, seizure disorders, any ideas are appreciated.

:yelclap: I have been a nurse for 23years and have had many wonderful experiences with patients and families. I know one thing for sure, the good days far outweigh the bad. Thanks for the uplifiting stories

This is reality, we often have a famous boxer as a pt on our neuro unit and MUST keep it quiet and refer to him under his alias name.

Hello thanks for the post. We have recently undergone a complete management change at the highest level, President and CEO, of a huge organization. Now, they want us to go in and tell the pt how many years of experience we have and any extra credentials we may have. On a neruorscience unit with pt ratio 6:1, there is barely enough time to introduce yourself.

Hello, I am a nurse for 22 years. Like others I went to school after having our two children and suffering though all the childhood diseases while in peds rotation and at home. Like you, I became so burnt out it was affecting my physicial and mental health. The Lord blessed us with a premature grandson to an unmarried daughter, I took that opprotunity to get out of nursing and stay home with Dakota until he was old enough to go to school and then felt ready to return to nurisng. I currently work on a neuro uint at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY and have never been happier. I came back a different nurse and finally found my niche. So, take your time with this new miracle in your life, keep current and hopefully you will decied to return to one of the most rewarding professions I know. Good luch and God Bless you and your family.