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

veronica butterfly, ADN, RN · Aug 16, 2006

When you realize you haven't plucked your eyebrows for a week and they've grown together in a unibrow, but don't care because it's dark at work and no one will notice anyway.

qaqueen · Aug 16, 2006

When you wake up on your day off at 0300 for lunch

redding-er-rn · Aug 16, 2006

You know you work nights when....
2. You don't think it is odd to drink beer at 730 in the morning to "wind down" after work and get ready to go to bed.
You get funny looks from the clerks at the mini-mart when you stop for a 6-pack at 0700 then feel you have to justify your purchase by saying "I work nights"

goats'r'us, ASN, RN · Aug 16, 2006

when you become know to friends and family as 'the phenomenal sleeper' for your ability to sleep through monsoons.

when on nights, nothing comes between me and sleep. i've been known to be undisturbed by gale force winds (impressive because there was an old clothes line outside my window that would shreik in the wind), my dogs barking constantly outside my window, my home phone ringing right next to my head, and, my personal favourite, two whole hours of my clock radio blaring at top volume. i set the alarm for 2pm because i had to drive 2 hours to help my sister with something - my dad came home at five and woke me, with great difficulty.

crosfam · Aug 16, 2006

... when most of your home projects get done b/t 0000 and 0500 and your mad cause Home Depot isn't open at 0300:angryfire

redding-er-rn · Aug 16, 2006

I have actually almost become a master at starting an IV or drawing my patients blood in the dark. They think I'm nuts when I tell them I don't need to see just feel.

crosfam · Aug 16, 2006

As you leave the unit...the dayqueens are coming on, You say "Good night" as they say good morning

Don't you hate when the "dayqueens" are perky and flip on all the lights:idea:

required attire for night shift diva's sunglasses and sleep mask.

bluiis923 · Aug 16, 2006

when the kindergarten teacher asked for examples of NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, your son proudly exclaims, "MY MOM".

lol... too funny

bluiis923 · Aug 16, 2006

When you get up to the bathroom at home (in the dark) and your husband flips on the light...ugh. Of course, I've only worked the night shift for 15 years. He's a slow learner... :uhoh3:

mmsparkle · Aug 16, 2006

When you can have breakfast when you get home from work, and again when you get up...

Or maybe that's just me - I'm on internal rotation and work a week of nights each month. No woner I never know what day it is. 2nd night tonight...

grace90, LPN, LVN · Aug 16, 2006

"Waking up Mommy" is a felony in your household.

You stumble out of bed at 4:30 pm and your 6 year old tells you to drink some coffee cuz you look grouchy.

You've ever gotten one of your kids off the bus in the afternoon in your pajamas.

Rarely · Aug 16, 2006

That dark room thing is soooo true..I cannot tell you how many patients say "you can turn a light on if you need it" I just laugh because I have been on nights for about six years and can do just about anything in the dark. You get use to it over the years and if I do not have to turn on the lights believe me I do not...lol

Hehe, that reminded me of something that happened when I worked on nights as an aide a couple years ago. The facility was really adamant that a light always be on when entering a resident's room. The nurse on my floor was very obese, disliked by everyone because of her foul attitude, and was notorious for caring for her residents in the dark. One night I was sitting in the lounge watching tv and she started off down the hall to go into a resident's room and begin his tube feed. A minute later I hear her screaming at the top of her lungs. Of course the other aides had vanished so I was the only one around to see what she was bellowing about. I thought to myself "OMG, maybe 'so and so' ripped out his tube feed [which he did frequently] and there's blood and gore everywhere." I walked into the room and the first thing I did was flip on the light to see what was going on. There she was sprawled out on the floor and unable to get up because she was so big. The resident just lie there in his bed saying "Wth is her problem? Can't you make her shut up?" Rofl, I nearly lost it. I was speechless. I was trying to act all serious about the situation but it was too comical. It turns out she ignored the part in report where it was said mats were ordered to be placed beside his bed in case he fell. So she walked into the room to do her nightly routine and tripped on the mat because she couldn't be bothered to flip on the light. I ended up having to call the supervisor and we had to use the same lift we used to transport residents to get her off of the floor and into a wheelchair. The supervisor was trying even harder than me to keep a straight face. Anyway, bad things happen when you don't flip on a light, lol.