tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post7659621141546626426..comments2023-09-26T03:43:42.961-07:00Comments on Adventures of Hood Nurse: Hood Hospital 2, Electric Boogaloo: Top 5 ways to get dayshiftedhoodnursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467790713937519943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-88207470288972211452011-08-09T19:25:06.967-07:002011-08-09T19:25:06.967-07:00I'm a nursing assistant and I worked night shi...I'm a nursing assistant and I worked night shift for two years and that the best time ever. Day shift seriously thought we didn't do anything but sit on our ass and gossip. OMG. They were sooo wrong. WE RAN OUR ASSES OFF!!! Day shift was completely oblivious to what night shift actually. There were times when I didn't sit down and there were times when I actually heard a nurse say that they had been holding their bladders for like two fucking hours. This one time, this patient coded and I was assigned to hook the patient up to the machine and the doctors just sat there and didn't do a damn thing. OMG. Night shift rules!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-86521025309029756852011-03-09T19:21:18.367-08:002011-03-09T19:21:18.367-08:00We had a term for all the moronic reasons why repo...We had a term for all the moronic reasons why report couldn't be given, vital signs weren't done, pain wasn't addressed, etc. "JAFE". It stands for "Just Another Fucking Excuse". Charge nurse:"why isn't that patient in the ICU yet?" "I got JAFED on report". It's the same everywhere.EDNurseasaurashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039072154469818990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-54909107571176393212011-03-09T09:21:56.341-08:002011-03-09T09:21:56.341-08:00There's one particular day shift nurse that wi...There's one particular day shift nurse that will give me a list of things she wants me to do on my shift. Yeah, ok. That and day shift "decides" to assign tasks that they don't want to do to night shift (baths, changing all the lines, changing all the suction canister set ups, stocking, etc) even if it's due on days or they are perfectly capable of doing it. Yeah, I'm going to wake up my perfectly normal, neurologically intact patient at 3 in the morning to bathe her. Sounds great.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497750804580404408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-80319698874147457692011-03-08T12:09:36.288-08:002011-03-08T12:09:36.288-08:00I'm with you. Oh man...I had to learn #5 the h...I'm with you. Oh man...I had to learn #5 the hard way. I believed the day nurses when they told me stuff was all done! I assumed they were telling the truth, but you know what happens when you assume. Not fun.<br />And what's up with day shifters getting a coffee/breakfast break and a lunch break? Night shifters have to make some effort just to get one break. Ok. I'll shut up now :)rnraquelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679043874388955256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-12781448099167684602011-03-08T07:13:49.332-08:002011-03-08T07:13:49.332-08:00Yup. Maybe I'm bitter since I was the topic o...Yup. Maybe I'm bitter since I was the topic of gossip so long for those skanks when I was an intern, but I swear that by the time they finish gabbing about someone and whining about their workload that they could have head their shit completed. Plus, their pillow team is subpar. Obviously.hoodnursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467790713937519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-80067681516446919972011-03-07T20:07:30.012-08:002011-03-07T20:07:30.012-08:00The worst is the gossiping. The day nurses are alw...The worst is the gossiping. The day nurses are always in clicks, always 2-3 gossiping away. It drives me crazy. I am always having to break up all the gossip sessions to get shit done....then I give up and wait for day shift to come in.<br /><br />We work together....I can see at least 1 patient more per hour with the night crew vs the day. <br /><br />ER DocSerenityNowHospitalhttp://www.serenitynowhospital.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-46033412336915797502011-03-07T14:23:18.378-08:002011-03-07T14:23:18.378-08:00I recently spilled coffee on my under-scrub policy...I recently spilled coffee on my under-scrub policy blue shirt just before my shift, and was out of like colors, so instead I opted for the coffee-free royal blue almost-policy tee shirt. We're in a code at 0700 and the freshly arrived clinical educator pulls me OUT OF THE ROOM to discuss my inappropriate non-policy undershirt. For realz.<br /><br />That's why I work nights.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236693436272479076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-7060150277520909552011-03-07T13:15:38.993-08:002011-03-07T13:15:38.993-08:00Ugh day shift. Here's me picking up day shift...Ugh day shift. Here's me picking up day shift:<br /><br />Day charge: "It's so busy, I'm not bringing anyone else back!" <br /><br />Me: "But I only have one patient, I can take at least 2 or 3 more."<br /><br />Day charge: "It's awful, just wait awhile before bringing anyone else back."Nurse Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-30509070466338838882011-03-07T08:46:06.591-08:002011-03-07T08:46:06.591-08:00I found that was true in a few american hospitals ...I found that was true in a few american hospitals I worked at. Most hospitals here have rotations that are DD/NN so EVERYONE gets that Day/Night experience....more understanding between shifts and less *crap* left for the next shift. Of course there are those lazy nurses anyway that leave stuff all the time, no matter WHAT shift they work. <br /><br /> I find it works much better and eliminates the Day vs Night conflicts. Plus it's only fair: share the suffering of nights and the delights of days evenly. It's amazing how people will change when they have been on the receiving end of what they dish out.Cartoon Charactershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871661908222892370noreply@blogger.com