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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 telling her she is a liability and a risk. Only people ...

I agree with this poster. You will be poor forever and ever and never get another job ever again. joking.

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 coworkers, but staying up all night so often is hurting...

I relocated for this job. I am alone and depressed and have awful hours. I come home once a month

I forgot I did have two nights in a row off *once* because in between I had a daytime training event in between those 2 nights .

5 nights per week or 3 12's?

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 Thursday morning, Friday night to Friday morning,...

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 weekend at all in the period of time since I took thi...

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 sick from doing nights just because it's a "good job"...

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 but I am definitely on the spectrum for 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, healthy human beings get tired staying up all nigh...

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 simply could not. Also, about the job market.......

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 see you are not being accusatory so I deleted the c...

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 times a week and get 4 days off to catch up? Having...

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 thinking that. I deeply regret doing nursing and I...

Beyoncé is also fabulously wealthy, a singer, and gets to sleep every night.

You ou can do it!!!!

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 worked 3 12's per week on nights, not 5 8's, and they...

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 interviews for jobs with better hours after I acce...

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 people who work nights and like nights at my job sleep ...

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 in the night. I don't want to take sleeping pills o...

I had 2 nights off in a row for the first time in months and I took care of everything already.

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 on the 3-11 shift I am quitting the moment I hit t...

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 care of business in the morning, and then sleep a...

90% of the population sleeps at night and I am jealous of them.