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For pretty much the entire first year of my nursing career, I experienced bullying. I was mainly influenced by one person (let's call her Molly), but others were involved as well. As a brand-new nurse, you're like a deer in the headlights. Everything seems to be moving really fast around you, and you're just trying to keep your head above water and not make a mistake that harms a patient. I had a nursing school instructor once tell me, "Students like you (referring to how ea

Check out part 1 where I talk about the general good and bad of working night shift here . Talking about the patients at night is a whole new discussion. There are a handful of difficulties and patterns I've noted over the years, mostly just in the very sick/elderly patients. For example, if a patient passes away at night, it almost always seems to happen between 3 and 6am. I don't know if I'm the only person that thinks that or not, but most of the time in my experience, the

Hi again! I thought I'd write a post about the good and bad of night shift, since I see people ask on forums what it's like and all. I've been working nights exclusively since almost the start of my career six years ago, and there are distinct pros and cons to it. It's definitely not for everybody, and frankly it's not great for me considering my narcolepsy history, but I still love it and can't get myself to switch to days. There are several things I like about night shift.