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hey guys welcome back to black travel
nerds today as you can tell by the title
i will be discussing the pros and cons
of both day shift and night shift
throughout my nursing career i've worked
both so i would either
go in at 7 00 a.m and leave at 7 30 p.m
or i would go in at 7 00 pm
and leave at 7 30 a.m lately i've been
working strictly night
so here's my event day shift allows for
more learning opportunities and more
experiences
most changes are made after morning
rounds or after
surgeries or procedures so you get to
see a lot during the day
not to say that you don't see these
things at night because
you know people from surgery patients
from surgery can still come back at
night
but you see a lot more during the day
i've noticed that many facilities nice
shifts are more
laid back but do not get too comfortable
i have coded patients at night
my sleep weight cycles are much better
on day shifts when i work night shifts i
have to sleep the
day up and the day after which
essentially takes away
two days from my week so when i do work
night shift i like to stack them all
together so like three days in a row so
that i'm not taking
too many days away to rest and recover
next you make more money on night shifts
if you don't know by now i'm all about
my coins so i'm here for night shift
differential
as a traveler you won't get a
differential or you usually don't get
night tip differential but
as a staff rn collect those coins
many nurses feel like they gain weight
on night shift because they snack a lot
i personally don't have that experience
i snack a lot at baseline but
you know your body so be cognizant of
that
when i was a full-time student night
shift allowed me to attend classes
during the day or to run simple errands
so even though you have to sleep you
know before you shift you do have a
certain window period of time where you
can get a lot of things done
i do not like waking up for day shifts
in the past i've had to wake up at 4 30
a.m which seems
really harsh on my body when i work
night shifts i'm able to wake up
whenever
and just take a nap right before you
know my shift so that i'm well rested
but if i'm working a three day stretch
in between that stretch i will sleep
throughout the whole day
lastly apparently night shift has a lot
of negative health effects
associated with it these can include
risk of depression
risk of obesity risk of workplace injury
the list goes on these sound pretty
scary and worrisome
within my five years of being an rn i
work both
nights and days but because i am
cognizant of these possible risks i will
be switching back to day shifts
but you know i think that you should
definitely experience working day shifts
and night shifts pros and cons of
both and both can be very beneficial all
right so that's my opinion let me know
what shift
you prefer whether it's night shift or
date shifts
or some places like if you work in the
er they work 11 to 11
or 3 p.m to 3 a.m vice versa
i know a lot of outpatient may work five
days a week working on five so let me
know what you prefer in the comments
below
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