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

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

You could be mistaken for Lurch on The Addams Family :lol2:

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Specializes in PCT.

you dream of a night shift utopia where stores and malls are open 24 hours and nothing noisy happens before noon.

saying good morning and good night are confusing.

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

I've done this too many times! Resident up and dressed early to have out patient surgery and I'm staring at them wondering who the heck they are and how they got on the locked unit... It was one of my residents.

When saying goodbye to your coworkers the conversation goes, "I'll see you tomarrow, wait no, that's tonight!"

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Specializes in trauma/ m.s..

you get excited when the kids are back in school from school breaks because you know you will get at least 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep

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Specializes in trauma/ m.s..

the worse thing you ever want to hear from a day shift nurse is "that patient slept all day" AUGH!!!!

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you yell at your spouse for vacuuming at 10 am

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You roll up to Jack in the Box at 6:30 PM and ask for a breakfast jack and coffee.

OHOH! I almost forgot this one: I rolled through 3 consecutive stop signs on my way to get lunch at Jack in the Box, and the only lights around were WAY behind me, they turned out to be a police officer. He stopped me and asked me if I saw them, AND if I knew what they ment. And my only answer was: I only have 30 min for lunch!! (they only warned me, lol.)

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you fall asleep at stop lights on your way home from work.

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when you get shocked looks when you tell the on coming shift that you plan on steak and eggs and bloody marys for "breakfast"....

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

...you nod off during meetings.

...you make appointments based on your sleep schedule.

...you have to refuse an outpatient sleep study because they only do those at night.

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Specializes in Education, Acute, Med/Surg, Tele, etc.

When you hiss at the sunlight and dorn sunglasses for driving home!

You have a system of complex wires for your phone/computer/answering machine so it doesn't ring or sound during the day!

You use blankets on your windows!

You kids refer to you as the Vampire!

You refer to your bedroom as the cave!

You threaten life and limb to anyone that messes with your eye cover or ear plugs!

You actually drink DECAF coffee in the AM!

Have illicited to the government to make the area around your house a NO FLY ZONE during the day!

You have a grant saved up for your neighbors to debark their dogs!!!

"Afternoon Delight" was your wedding song!

and finally...you contemplate or even suggested jammie day to work to save you clothes changing times to bed!

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u know that when u day dream that u r dreaming

when u slam the door, run to ur bed as it was heaven!

when it seems like everything u look at turned into a giant pillow ;)

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