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None of those shifts are favored by me. I dislike 8-hour shifts with a passion because they force me to report to work five days a week, which is too much.Daytime: 7-3Evening: 3-11
Night: 11-7
Which is your favorite to work and why. Which do you think is the toughest shift.
My favorite shift is the 12-hour night shift, from 7:00pm to 7:30am. It allows me to avoid many family members, doctors, managers, administrators, and annoying members of the interdisciplinary team (PT, OT, dietary, case management, etc). Best of all, I only work three nights per week!
I work 7a-7p on weekends (Fri-Sat-Sun usually) and love it. Not as many things going on, no bigwigs fluttering around, I even have time to study every once in a while. I also have plenty of time during the week to take care of those 9-5 things.
A lot of visitors though, so that's one trade-off.
nights….7 p to 7 a…so much less stress I LOVED nights when i worked it but i started working lots of overtime and it killed my body…i mean my bladder would be confused/i was dehydrated..etc…
so i went to work days 7 a to 7p for a year and got burned out…patients just don't really respect nurses…..
so back to nights PRN hell yes!!!! $41 per hour not bad either
I am also a 7p-7a fan. Only three nights a week and I operate better on that schedule. Going in on day shift I am too tired to function but that doesn't happen when I go in at night. Also there's no doctors, therapies, managers, CEOs, etc at night. We also have a great team on our night shift and we work together compared to day shift at my work place.
If I had to do 8hr shifts I would choose 7a-3p. It stinks getting up early but you get out and still have plenty of daytime and the shift goes quicker.
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Daytime: 7-3
Evening: 3-11
Night: 11-7
Which is your favorite to work and why. Which do you think is the toughest shift.