Don't you know, she will never ever get another nursing job ever again, because some strangers on allnurses told her that it is absolutely, completely impossible. Look at all the posters who are...
15 calendar days, not work nights. It would be, for example, Sunday night to Monday morning, Monday night to Tuesday morning, Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, Wednesday night off, Thursday night to...
Look, if I didn't have a support system I would not even be posting this thread. My parents aren't "enablers". My mental health and physical health have been in decline, and I have not had a 2 day...
Yes, every day I want to quit, but I just push through for one more day. I also didn't suffer so much to be so miserable. My sanity and physical health are just in decline and I don't want to get...
THANK YOU!!! I also am a little over the edge here because I can safely ventilate all my frustrations relatively anonymously. And I am a Type A, naturally anxious person. I don't have clinical anxiety...
Thank you for understanding!!!! I wish I had 3 12's. I don't think the people commenting here realize how hard it is. Even my coworkers have a hard time, and most of them like working nights. Normal,...
I would not lie. I would be honest and upfront. I don't want to write out an example on here, but I would make it very clear that I liked my job, and that while I thought I could adjust to the hours,...
I responded to this very angrily because I thought you were accusing me of being a naive person who thought I would not do nights and that I think nursing is below me. I actually read through it and...
oh man exactly! After an 8 hour shift, even in the day, I am not exactly bright-eyed, bushy tailed, and peppy. At night I am a zombie and in the day I am just tired. Why not be a little more tired 3...
It's not that I expected a good schedule as a nurse. It's that I thought I could handle it, and I can't. I went into nursing thinking I would be able to handle the hours and I feel like a schmuck doe...