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...
Hi AN, I am getting burned out of my job and I am only 4 months in. I work 11pm - 7:30am night shift 5 nights a week and I don't think I can take it anymore. I actually like my job and I like my...
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...
thank you!!!! i am definitely looking for another job right now. I am also going to take the prerequisites for various graduate school programs. i think most of the people criticizing me have only...
Also, I am sorry if I come off as whiny. I just need to ventilate. All this frustration has been building up inside me. I was so grateful just to have a job in this job market, but I got like 5 other...
Have you spoken to night shift workers before? All my coworkers who have been doing nights for decades even tell me the exact same thing: You never fully get adjusted to working nights. Even the...
I sleep from 10-4 every day then from 7-9. I can't sleep 8 hours straight unless it's my day off, when I sleep about 4 hours in the day, spend time with family or friends, then pass out for 12 hours...
I sleep 6-8 hours pretty much every day. It's not that I don't get enough sleep, it's that it's not good quality sleep. I am going to stay at this job for as long as possible, but unless I get placed...
Look, I would kill (not literally kill) to have 3p-11p shift. You can't criticize me for wanting your hours. You have the best hours around. I did that for a few weeks and it's wonderful. You can take...