What shift do you work? Why?

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My hat is off to all of you great nurses that can get up at the crack of dawn and be ready for anything!!! I have always worked 2nd shift, either 2-10p or 3-11p, mostly because I'm a night person. I like to sleep late and go to bed, probably when many of you are getting up to hit 1st shift. My brain is scrambled until noon but keeps on going till the early morning light. How about everyone else?

Specializes in SICU.

NIGHTS, NIGHTS, NIGHTS!

I am a 7p-7a QUEEN. I HATE dayshift with a passion. Too many nosy clipboard types around who don't know what they're talking about or what they're doing.

I get to spend more time with my patients and read their charts. I work ICU and the only visiting hour is 2000-2030. SO NICE!!

I will probably never go to days. My hub works nights too, so that makes it even nicer...

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I work nights: 2345 to 0815. Reasons: it pays more, there are no bosses skulking around every corner [although we do have a few snitches], my husband works nights and, as a rule, the patients are asleep.

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Originally posted by unmovableshortie

I work the 11-7:30 shift in a rehab/long term care facility....... Is a temp of 103 with no respiratory distress an emergency? I'd like to hear some input. Thanks.

I did *your* job for several years and I guess I would say it depends...(I'm a big help I know). If the lungs are clear and sats are fine and the patient is in no distress and not showing sighns of sepsis and does not have a purulent wound I would say no... I would do Tylenol and comfort measures and encourage fluids. I always kept in mind the line that ER docs and Nurses use...what changed to make this an emergancy at 3am? I also ask myself if I would take myself/kids/Mom to the ER for this in the middle of the night. Assess the patient often and document your tushy off-including the absence or presence of any symptoms.

-nancy

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I will be starting a new schedule next week. Have been working Mon-Fri 0645-1515 since June. My new schedule is rotating 12hr days 7A-7P with one weekend a month....no weekend call! I don't know what I'm going to do with all the days off coming up. I'm so used to only having the weekends. About every month and a half there will be 6 days off in a row....YIPPEE!

Don't get me wrong, I know it will be hard during those 12hr days. I'll probly be able to just go home, eat, and crawl into bed in between workdays.......but 6 days off in a row definately makes up for it!!

I'm looking forward to working with the evening crew from 3-7. They seem like a more relaxed bunch.

Anne.

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Originally posted by Duckie

My hat is off to all of you great nurses that can get up at the crack of dawn and be ready for anything!!! I have always worked 2nd shift, either 2-10p or 3-11p, mostly because I'm a night person. I like to sleep late and go to bed, probably when many of you are getting up to hit 1st shift. My brain is scrambled until noon but keeps on going till the early morning light. How about everyone else?

In our country we can do 2 shifts.Day shift is 8.00-20.00 and night shift is 20.00 until 8.00.And in one month is about 6 night shifts and 7 day shifts.I personally dont like those night shifts.Sometimes they are Ok.And then i have free day,but if you know that your family sleeping at home or they enjoy some kinde of party it freeks me out.One positive thing in night shifts is that they are high payd.

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I work 7a-7p 3 days a week, works for me with the kids. But I love my week-ends when the admin. isnt there, at least I can relax once in a while.

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