What do you guys do to wake up in the morning?

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I live about an hour away from my school and my classes start pretty early...I usually have trouble waking up in the mornings when I get up and as I am getting ready. Also, clinicals at 6:30am are starting soon so any tips would be greatly appreciated..:nurse:

I do the Travis Bickle workout.

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As long as I get to bed at a decent time, I don't have that much trouble on most days. I do have 3 alarms set at 15 minute intervals, the last one being a really obnoxious sound that I've gotten my brain to realize means "get the heck up now or you're scr*wed!!!". If I go to bed anytime past midnight, you can pretty much be guaranteed that I will turn all three of them off in my sleep and wake up whenever I wake up (happened before work one morning too... oof...). On clinical days, I have to get up at 5:30 and I have a personal waker-upper set up for those days. One of the girls in my clinical group sleeps over the night before and she usually has to get up at that time so she's used to it and has no problem (she lives an hour and a half further from the school and hospital than I do, that's why she sleeps over), so she usually just jumps on me until I roll out of bed... works like a charm :)

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If you have to get up earlier for clinical days, (I did, when the clinical site was just shy of 100 miles one way), start getting up at that time now. And get up at that time every day. You can always use any extra time in the morning for quiet reading or study. I would get to my clinical site and set an alarm on my watch and nap until time to go inside.

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I try to go to sleep earlier the night before. But if I don't, a nice coffee with 3 sugars does the trick!

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Coffee, iced tea and Five Hour Energy. No matter how hard I try, I just cannot manage to get to sleep prior to 11pm, which is still EARLY for me.

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I detest 6:30 clinicals. Getting up at 5 is not my cup of tea. I'm lucky because right now I have evening clinicals. I'd rather be at the hospital till 11 anyday. The night before morning clinicals I usually can't sleep. If I have to go back to those I'm probably going to start taking ambien or something. Other than that, you'll have to see what works best from you. Try the ideas here. Normal school days I don't have to get up till 6:30 so its not too bad. I can still go to sleep at midnight and be ok. Personally, I prefer 6 hours sleep on my schedule and a half hour nap in the afternoon. That's what works for me!

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Drink lots of water right before you go to bed ;)

I actually do this !!

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I set my cell alarm to the most aggravating sound that I can find. After a few choice words, I am ready to start my day with a shower.

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I take 50 mg of benedryl the night before a clinical. It's the only way I'm gonna get any sleep. Then a rather large coffee when I get to the hospital to wake up. I don't like coffee, but I learned to love it on clinical days. It also makes my hands shake quite a bit which my clinical instructors mistake for nervousness...

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Turn on all the lights when you get up, and drink a nice big glass of ice cold water! It also helps if you get up at the same time everyday. I've learned to love the quiet time I get during the early morning hours when no one else is up yet.

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I take 50 mg of benedryl the night before a clinical. It's the only way I'm gonna get any sleep. Then a rather large coffee when I get to the hospital to wake up. I don't like coffee, but I learned to love it on clinical days. It also makes my hands shake quite a bit which my clinical instructors mistake for nervousness...

ha! I have this too! I drank a big coffee before a test yesterday and could barely hold my pencil

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Had a couple kids... LOL!

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