I feel the same way. I have been a chronic dialysis nurse for over 10 years. I despise the hours. That is really the only thing I do not like about my job. We work 3, 14 hour days. I start at 4:30 and don't leave until 6 or 6:30. Its nice to have days off but I'm too pooped to do anything and I have younger children as well. I usually will go to bed around 8:30 the night before I have to work so I can get up around 3 am. I never understood why we couldn't break it into shifts, but unfortuneatly they won't. So I would like to say it gets easier...it hasn't for me though.