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

[HM2VikingRN]

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

[bay bay]

Your daily bowel movement is about 10:00pm.

[Justhere, BSN, RN]

You know you are a night nurse when you have to turn the clocks back one hour for daylight savings time, meaning you are working 13 hours instead of 12. I miss my one extra hour of sleep

[NurseyBaby'05, BSN, RN]

You know you are a night nurse when you have to turn the clocks back one hour for daylight savings time, meaning you are working 13 hours instead of 12. I miss my one extra hour of sleep

Thank God I'm off this weekend. I forgot about that.

[prmenrs, RN]

In NICU, much time and effort are invested (during BOTH time changes) keeping the babies on the same feeding schedule.

[Imafloat, BSN, RN]

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

I just have to comment on this. When I saw this, I thought you meant resident, as in new doctor, I was wondering where you worked that resident docs w/out teeth who worked in jammies was commonplace.

[Justhere, BSN, RN]

Oh no didn't I just do 1 am and hour ago or is it dejavu

[vonxojn]

you curse the neighbor for mowing his lawn at noon.

AMEN to that!!!!!!:angryfire

[IslandtrainedRN]

You become very comfortable telling your co-workers how gassy you are.

[perfectbluebuildings, BSN, RN]

You become very comfortable telling your co-workers how gassy you are.

oh man if you didn't live in canada... i would swear I KNEW WHO YOU ARE!!! hahaha it must be universal :)

and speaking of another night shift topic mentioned here... i have to go to an 8a-12noon inservice in the morning... man I know I'm going to fall asleep..

and I must say I agree with most every single post in this thread... it's funny how universal the night shift experience can be (ok that didn't sound that cheesy in my head)

[MoriahRoseRN]

You fall asleep at the train tracks at 7:30 am waiting for the train to go by. Suddenly you're awaken by multiple vehicles blowing at you because you were hoping to just rest your eyes for a minute.

[fetch33]

I have worked nights for 13 years. Amazingly, I can switch between staying up nights for work and having a normal sleep schedule on my nights off. I credit my 'drugs and plugs' mantra for my success......plenty of Benadryl and earplugs :chuckle and an eye mask of course. One of my sisters is notorious for calling me at 1pm and saying 'oh did I wake you up?' Gee, what was your first clue? The long time to answer the phone or the slow H-E-L-L-O? I have fallen asleep in the dentists chair before. I usually can't go see a movie without falling asleep in the theater. A few years ago, I was dropping by Krispie Kreme for some donuts. My husband insists on the hot ones. After I paid at the drive-thru window, the cashier told me they were out of hot ones but would have them ready in about 5-10 minutes if I wanted to wait. We agreed that he would bring them to my car when they were ready. I parked and promptly fell asleep. Nearly an hour later, I awoke. As I walked in the store I heard the guy say 'OMG, that is the lady I was supposed take donuts out to :trout: .Thankfully, they had some hot donuts ready.

[cota2k]

Day light savings!!! As if 0100 - 0200 wasn't bad enough the first time.