Night Shift vs Day Shift (Part 2)

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Let's continue talking about the pros and cons of working night shift vs day shift as a new nurse.
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First up, on the day shift, there are more meds to give. So, that can be good if you’re trying to practice your skills, but bad just because it’s more work and it’s going to take longer to do each of your med passes. Especially that first morning med pass. That’s when the patients are getting the bulk of their medications.
And you can have the full gamut of pills, IV bag meds, IV push meds, plus topical medications, all in one med pass, for one patient in the morning. So if you’re doing that for 5 or 6 patients, for one med pass, that can take up a lot of your time and can be stressful to feel like you have to rush rush rush to get it done.
And there were times, only on day shift, when I started my shift at 7am and it was 9:30-10am and I was being called away to do something else, and I’m like, “I can’t. I still am not done with my morning med pass.
You know, my meds are an hour and a half late.” And that’s not ok, but I was just so busy that that’s what the situation was honestly. And that was very stressful to me because I don’t wanna be late on my med pass. I want to give my patients their meds when they’re due because that’s what’s best for my patients.
So it’s very stressful when you feel like you’re just one person, but you’re being given the workload of three people. Especially when you’re a new nurse. You know, maybe a seasoned nurse would not have been late giving those meds, but as a new nurse, that was just my reality. And that was very stressful. But yeah, on night shift, you typically have a lot less meds to give.
And if you’re in clinicals, you can look this up in your patient’s orders, if you get a chance, just compare what medications they’re getting during the day (especially that first morning med pass) versus what they’re getting at night. And it’s almost always a lot less at night.