Bagatha

I worked the 3-11 shift for over 30 years and I loved it. I will not kid you, it is said it is the hardest shift to work, you do not have all the support that you have on days, plus you still have to bed patients, feed them, etc. On the other hand, you did not have all those extra people on days, LOL, not as much activity going on to distract you. With kids, was great, you had the up until two to take them to the beach, etc. in the Summer, skiing in the Winter, did not need a baby sitter for more than a couple of hours if you have an SO. If I went back to work, it is still the shift I would choose.

This won't hurt a bit!

You are an older charge nurse. You are working the evening shift, early on the day of your next shift, you received a call from your nursing manager telling you she wants you to meet her at HR as soon as possible, that day. You go, you received a three page list of complaints sent email to manager from nurses who work under you. One of the complaints goes back over a year and includes you being incivil by rolling your eyes. Another is that a nurse asked you for help and you had another nurse help her. You, also, received a three page list of improvements that you must do within the month to make things better. It also says that if you do not follow through, further steps will be taken. You ask what will happen and who determines whether you have completed the tasks satisfactorily. You are then told this is not official. You have worked at this hospital for 15 years and you have been a charge nurse for 8 years. You had a very satisfactory yearly evaluation 6 weeks ago. What do you think they might be trying to tell you?