http://www.codeblog.com/archives/story_submission/sleepin.html tales of a nurse (homepage) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:21:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.codeblog.com/archives/story_submission/sleepin.html/comment-page-1#comment-848 Cathy Thu, 05 Aug 2004 05:32:10 +0000 http://s261628773.onlinehome.us/download/wordpress/?p=136#comment-848 I think we all hit what I refer to as jet lag when working the 12 hr. plus shifts. I remember when the hospital I worked for went to this crazy type scheduling. Actually, we voted this in, because it looked sooo good on paper. It allowed us 7 days off out of every 14 days.It further assured us 8 hrs. overtime pay every other week. It was a schedule of work 2 days in a row 5:30 am until 6:00pm, followed by 2 days off, followed by 3 days 5:30 pm until 6:00am followed by 3days off then 3days on at 5:30 am until 6:0pm...Anyway, you get the drift. It was a brutal schedule and no matter what, you would swing back and forth from days to nights twice every week...Once we started doing it they wouldn't allow us to change it. Took us about 3 years to get out of that scheduling... I think we all hit what I refer to as jet lag when working the 12 hr. plus shifts. I remember when the hospital I worked for went to this crazy type scheduling. Actually, we voted this in, because it looked sooo good on paper. It allowed us 7 days off out of every 14 days.It further assured us 8 hrs. overtime pay every other week. It was a schedule of work 2 days in a row 5:30 am until 6:00pm, followed by 2 days off, followed by 3 days 5:30 pm until 6:00am followed by 3days off then 3days on at 5:30 am until 6:0pm…Anyway, you get the drift. It was a brutal schedule and no matter what, you would swing back and forth from days to nights twice every week…Once we started doing it they wouldn’t allow us to change it. Took us about 3 years to get out of that scheduling…

]]> http://www.codeblog.com/archives/story_submission/sleepin.html/comment-page-1#comment-847 DG Sun, 01 Aug 2004 05:12:48 +0000 http://s261628773.onlinehome.us/download/wordpress/?p=136#comment-847 I'm a night owl and have been working days for the past two months. My "Off" hours are from 3-5pm. Coincidence? I think not. Guess when our patients tend to crump? I’m a night owl and have been working days for the past two months. My “Off” hours are from 3-5pm. Coincidence? I think not. Guess when our patients tend to crump?

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