sleep deprived

IntakE · #1 (**permalink**) Jul 14, 05

I worked yesterday from 5:30pm untill 5:30am it sucked...and I got home at like 6 and now I have to get ready and go back to work from 4pm untill like 5am again....and the same thing on friday...this is going to be a LONG couple of days!

so far it feels like one long day!
lol

Silverwinged · #2 (**permalink**) Jul 14, 05

your cares will seem so far away when you get that fat paycheck.

LeeBrat · #3 (**permalink**) Jul 14, 05

^this is true

but yeah, those long hours would really wear one down

BongMan · #4 (**permalink**) Jul 14, 05

Ashley just think of all the beers you could buy me when this is over :)

IntakE · #5 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

Only one uberly long day left!!!!
but I was told tonight I"ll be done by midnight, but I start at 3:30 so it's still a long day. I hate taking the bus too!!
but hey it's a rave scene and it's right by meritime hahaha
it cracked me up when I was told that!

Tayfoon · #6 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

Uhm....
Its actually illegal what your boss is doing

Pennywise · #7 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

ive had to work from 4pm -12:30am
and then go back to work from 7:30am - 4pm

its brutal..i get like 3 hours sleep..then off to work i go

junglequeen · #8 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

no fun
I pull at least 50 hours a week during the winter and upwards of 65 in the summer
I love the work I do but the lack of sleep starts to kill me two weeks into each new season and then my body adjusts and then Im ok...(just as long as I get my coffee )
Work is meant to be like that
thats why we get paid for it :P

James · #9 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

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Originally Posted by junglequeen

no fun
I pull at least 50 hours a week during the winter and upwards of 65 in the summer
I love the work I do but the lack of sleep starts to kill me two weeks into each new season and then my body adjusts and then Im ok...(just as long as I get my coffee )
Work is meant to be like that
thats why we get paid for it :P

i too work on average 50-55hrs/week...its rough sometimes, but i love $$$

Joanne · #10 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

hey, at least you're not expected to work two, 7am-7pm shifts, and two 7pm-7am back to back, and still be physically and mentally well enough to help save people's lives.

well, I suppose I shouldn't complain too much... residents have it worse...

--Joanne :P

LLaaUUrrYYn · #11 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

What do you do?

jomama · #12 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

oh everyone stop your bitching :)

Joanne · #13 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

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Originally Posted by LLaaUUrrYYn

What do you do?

I'm an undergrad nurse in a ward that has the most cardiac arrests in all of vancouver general hospital.

LLaaUUrrYYn · #14 (**permalink**) Jul 15, 05

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Originally Posted by bananasinpjs

I'm an undergrad nurse in a ward that has the most cardiac arrests in all of vancouver general hospital.

That was meant for the thread maker ;D

But..thats still crazy hours.. I guess being at the bottom of the bucket gets you the worst shifts?? Thats also a profession to be proud of! Congratulations ;D

Joanne · #15 (**permalink**) Jul 16, 05

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Originally Posted by LLaaUUrrYYn

That was meant for the thread maker ;D

LOL, sorry, I feel all conceited now.

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Originally Posted by LLaaUUrrYYn

But..thats still crazy hours.. I guess being at the bottom of the bucket gets you the worst shifts?? Thats also a profession to be proud of! Congratulations ;D

actually, these shifts are what most fulll-time bedside nurses work. for this job, I'm buddied up with a full-time registered nurse and work all her hours.

but thank you for your comment :)

--Joanne :P

IntakE · #16 (**permalink**) Jul 16, 05

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Originally Posted by Tayfoon

Uhm....
Its actually illegal what your boss is doing

uhm its actually not.... Im getting paid and Im over the age of 14.
thanks for that tho.

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Originally Posted by LLaaUUrrYYn

What do you do?

I do extra work...

charly · #17 (**permalink**) Jul 16, 05

^as far as i know, the rules state you just need a minimum of 8 hours between shifts. any less than that and the second shift is all overtime.

i used to work a schedule like that with exactly 8 hours off between shifts. it was ass.

crookedking · #18 (**permalink**) Jul 16, 05

whenever i'm sleep deprived i just go to sleep.

*shrug* i know that it sounds kinda crazy, but it works.

Joanne · #19 (**permalink**) Jul 16, 05

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Originally Posted by crookedking

whenever i'm sleep deprived i just go to sleep.

*shrug* i know that it sounds kinda crazy, but it works.

yeah, well it's harder when you're working a nightshift and trying to sleep during the day. see, your body produces a hormone called melatonin usually during the nighttime. one of melatonin's role is to induce sleepiness. when adjusting to a new schedule, you have to wait for your melatonin rhythm to shift, otherwise you stay feeling sleepy during the regular hours that you usually sleep at. but it's still hard, because again, melatonin is usually secreted during the nighttime and your circadian rhythms are more easily reset by bright light than just by actually doing something i.e working.

that's why you may find a lot of people who work regular night shifts say they never really ever get used to their schedule.

sleepiness isn't always as voluntary to most people as some may think. I, personally am not one of those people who can fall asleep with their hanging out the window of a moving car. but hey, props to those who are!

--Joanne :P

crookedking · #20 (**permalink**) Jul 16, 05

when i worked nights i slept all day.

Joanne · #21 (**permalink**) Jul 16, 05

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Originally Posted by crookedking

when i worked nights i slept all day.

does this mean you are one of those freaks who can fall asleep with their hanging out the window of a moving car?

when I came home at 8 am from a nightshift, I could only sleep past 1 pm. and I had to forced it!

crookedking · #22 (**permalink**) Jul 16, 05

yeah, i'm one of "those" people.