My eyeballs felt like they were going to pop out of my skull yesterday. I don't mind working 12 hours shifts, but not weird hours like 2300-1100. Especially after only have 4 hours sleep prior to.
I had an awesome sleep last night though.
butterfly
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Originally posted by jennypie
Thank god I had to train someone tonight...I wouldn't have made it through the 3-5am stretch. FFFFFUUUUUUUUU.
That time period was always the hardest for me. whenever i sent an email that had lots of mistakes in it, it always happened in the 4 am hour. I started saving really tedious work for 4 am that didn't require a lot of thinking but was enough to keep me awake. once the sun comes up, i am good for another 4 hours.
Watts
I'm pretty much dead now. My labs get out at 17.
On the plus side, I should have annotations up to chapter ten by Sunday.
Silky Johnson
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Originally posted by butterfly
That time period was always the hardest for me. whenever i sent an email that had lots of mistakes in it, it always happened in the 4 am hour. I started saving really tedious work for 4 am that didn't require a lot of thinking but was enough to keep me awake. once the sun comes up, i am good for another 4 hours.
Yeah, I start the morning med pass at 6am..I do eye drops, inhalers, pain + nitro patches, and check blood glucoses. But there used to be a lot more residents with those kind of medications, so I used to start a half hour earlier. At any rate, I usually get all that stuff ready right at the beginning of my shift, so that I don't miss something in the morning.
Not to mention that if something happens, like a fall, or really agitated resident, etc., it always happens at shift change or when I'm trying to get something else done. This way I'm better organized and don't fall behind if something DOES happen.
Watts
Part time third shift officially sucks. I have stayed up past twenty-four hours a couple of times to keep my sleep schedule intact.
Silky Johnson
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Originally posted by Silky Johnson
Not to mention that if something happens, like a fall, or really agitated resident, etc., it always happens at shift change or when I'm trying to get something else done.
A resident fell down the stairs on Sunday night at shift change. See?? ALWAYS.
Sushipunk
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Originally posted by jennypie
A resident fell down the stairs on Sunday night at shift change. See?? ALWAYS.
Was pushed down some stairs, more like.
"Wooo, shift's over, party time! Outta my way, old losers!" *shove*
I'm onto you and your shenanigans, Jenny.
Halcyon+On+On
torontotrance
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Originally posted by Sushipunk Was pushed down some stairs, more like.
"Wooo, shift's over, party time! Outta my way, old losers!" *shove*
I'm onto you and your shenanigans, Jenny.
Jenny should have done the easier thing like stripping. She got the body plus she likes that kinky . I bet you could easily make 700 bucks a night, plus she be in bed by 3am. No more people falling!
igottaknow
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Originally posted by Sushipunk Was pushed down some stairs, more like.
"Wooo, shift's over, party time! Outta my way, old losers!" *shove*
I'm onto you and your shenanigans, Jenny.
she was playing this in her ipod. it's not an excuse but still...
Silky Johnson
:stongue: :stongue:
You s!
Actually what happened was the night girl came in for her shift, and as I was giving her report I thought I heard a thud and said "Did you just hear something??" Right after I said that the call bell went and the resident's room-mate said that the resident had fallen down the stairs.
He ended up being fine, just bumped his head pretty good and hurt his ribs. But the reason it happened is because he was having an extremely off/confused day. He was in his bed earlier that night pointing up at the ceiling talking to himself in Russian. Which is sort of normal for him...especially because we're approaching a full moon.
Old folks, especially with dementia, always get wacky when the full moon is coming.
