You know you work nights when.......

Nurses General Nursing

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The conversation with coworkers each night starts with "I got x amount of sleep today..."

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When you are actually hungry at 1am.

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Specializes in LTC.

you have pillow creases on your face at 1 in the afternoon

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you curse the neighbor for mowing his lawn at noon.

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Specializes in ICU, CVICU, E.R..

When you think you have a life.

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Specializes in Everything but L&D and OR.

Wonder why someone would call you at the unGodly hour of 10 am.

Don't they know you are SLEEPING?:sleep: :sleep:

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Specializes in ICU,ER.

On your nights off..... you get sleeeeeppppyyy in the late afternoon/early evening and then ~BAM~ you are wide awake from 10pm on.

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You can only recognize a resident with no glasses, no teeth and in their jammies!

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Specializes in LTC/Rehab,Med/Surg, OB/GYN, Ortho, Neuro.
You can only recognize a resident with no glasses, no teeth and in their jammies!

OMG... There have been so many times where've I stayed over to help day shift and walked in my patient's room (whom I had the night before and had not seen in about an hour) and not know who in the world they were. :chuckle I thought I was the only one.

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[color=dimgray]you are standing there at change of shift in the morning and your coworkers are grossed out that you are eating potato chips.

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Specializes in LTC/Behavioral/ Hospice.

YOu drink coffee all night long. You STOP drinking coffee in the morning so that you will be good and tired when you get home.

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you have pale, pale skin, wear really dark sunglasses and HISSSSSSSSS when sunlight hits you:lol2:

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