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hey guys welcome back to black travel

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nerds today as you can tell by the title

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i will be discussing the pros and cons

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of both day shift and night shift

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throughout my nursing career i've worked

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both so i would either

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go in at 7 00 a.m and leave at 7 30 p.m

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or i would go in at 7 00 pm

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and leave at 7 30 a.m lately i've been

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working strictly night

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so here's my event day shift allows for

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more learning opportunities and more

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experiences

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most changes are made after morning

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rounds or after

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surgeries or procedures so you get to

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see a lot during the day

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not to say that you don't see these

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things at night because

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you know people from surgery patients

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from surgery can still come back at

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night

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but you see a lot more during the day

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i've noticed that many facilities nice

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shifts are more

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laid back but do not get too comfortable

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i have coded patients at night

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my sleep weight cycles are much better

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on day shifts when i work night shifts i

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have to sleep the

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day up and the day after which

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essentially takes away

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two days from my week so when i do work

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night shift i like to stack them all

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together so like three days in a row so

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that i'm not taking

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too many days away to rest and recover

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next you make more money on night shifts

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if you don't know by now i'm all about

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my coins so i'm here for night shift

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differential

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as a traveler you won't get a

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differential or you usually don't get

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night tip differential but

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as a staff rn collect those coins

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many nurses feel like they gain weight

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on night shift because they snack a lot

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i personally don't have that experience

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i snack a lot at baseline but

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you know your body so be cognizant of

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that

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when i was a full-time student night

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shift allowed me to attend classes

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during the day or to run simple errands

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so even though you have to sleep you

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know before you shift you do have a

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certain window period of time where you

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can get a lot of things done

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i do not like waking up for day shifts

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in the past i've had to wake up at 4 30

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a.m which seems

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really harsh on my body when i work

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night shifts i'm able to wake up

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whenever

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and just take a nap right before you

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know my shift so that i'm well rested

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but if i'm working a three day stretch

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in between that stretch i will sleep

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throughout the whole day

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lastly apparently night shift has a lot

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of negative health effects

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associated with it these can include

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risk of depression

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risk of obesity risk of workplace injury

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the list goes on these sound pretty

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scary and worrisome

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within my five years of being an rn i

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work both

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nights and days but because i am

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cognizant of these possible risks i will

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be switching back to day shifts

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but you know i think that you should

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definitely experience working day shifts

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and night shifts pros and cons of

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both and both can be very beneficial all

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right so that's my opinion let me know

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what shift

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you prefer whether it's night shift or

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date shifts

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or some places like if you work in the

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er they work 11 to 11

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or 3 p.m to 3 a.m vice versa

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i know a lot of outpatient may work five

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days a week working on five so let me

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know what you prefer in the comments

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below

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