Comments on: Nursing Night Shift: Pros and Cons

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:58:05 +0000

Gail, you must be a new nurse, or < 5yrs in nursing??

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:18:44 +0000

Gail, you seem to be forgetting that hospitals more than not staff extremely light during the nights. Night shifters get the short end of the stick when it comes to ‘help’. Some times there can be unexpected crises and things that happen and they can easily get overwhelmed since it is a ’skeleton’ crew most of the time. Day shifts typically have plenty of help compared to the night, so maybe you should fix your attitude a little bit and realize that there are more people working for the good of patients than just yourself. I’ve worked days as well as nights so I’ve seen both sides of the spectrum. Days can be tough, but you ABSOLUTELY MUST be understanding of the night shift and be very appreciative of them and what they do. If you have a little bit left over, don’t just leave it all for the night shift, try to do what you can before they get there, because sometimes extra work just isnt an option with the lack of personnel at night.

By: Gail

Gail — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:30:52 +0000

I work day shift. I work non stop with very little break in my day.
Doctors in and out. Going with the patient for procedures. I work in ICU. 5-7 doctors on one case all writing orders. Now when the night shift comes on, sometimes there are still things left to do.
Especially if the orders where written after 5:00 pm. I am sooo tired of the attitude I get from many of the night nurses. They appear to think that I have done nothing all day and that every order should be completed. They seem to have a problem if there are any orders they have to complete on there 12 hour shift. They have 12 hours. Very few doctors come in at night and write more orders.
So get over it night shift. You have 12 hours, you can do some of the work too.