NewRnRn

Something my employer does that is very unfriendly is schedule mandatory meetings at 12 noon. That's midnight to us night shifters. If we worked the night before and have to work again that night, it totally screws us up.I would like to see a mandatory midnight meeting. :-)

You're giving meds to your child and you ask her for her name and date if birth...and try to scan her armband with your phone.You wake up unto the middle of the night hearing call lights, bed alarms, and IV pumps beeping.

Thank you for the words of encouragement! I start 1 week of hospital orientation tomorrow, then I orient on the floor on days for 4 weeks, then orient on the floor on nights for 4 weeks, then it's time for this baby bird to fly on nights. A friend who graduated with me got hired the same day I did, same shift and floor...safety in numbers. Lol! I precepted on this floor in school, so I know a lot of the nurses and doctors....just scared of screwing up, bothering people, and looking like an idiot.

I'm a brand new RN, and I start my 1st job tomorrow. I'll be a staff RN on a med/tele floor, and after orientation I'll be on nights (7p-7a) I am soooo nervous. I feel like I don't know ANYTHING. Please tell me this is normal... Any tips/words of wisdom anyone has? Any tricks for working nights? These hours seem unnatural. Lol!