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Tips to stay awake
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Posted over 4 years ago I work 3-11 mostly, but every now and then I pick up 11-7 shifts. Mostly they are doubles and sometimes I feel like my eyelids want to be glued to my cheek bones. I do alright if I get enough sleep the night before. But alot of the time I do doubles back to back and I feel like the world might just be the best place if it had supersized beds with fluffy pillows. I have tried coffee, energy drinks and pure adrenaline. It is hit or miss though. And I live an hour from my job so at 7-8 am . I am almost brain dead. Tips anyone? "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not."
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| Posted over 4 years ago I am a true 3rd shifter. I can not function waking up early. Not everyone is cut out for 3rds and to be honest it just comes naturally for me I dont drink coffee or anything. I try to do things to pass time. Since I have been here at work tonight I have completed all my work charting etc., and since my unit is full there will be no admissions and I prepulled my am meds, swept and mopped day room and bleached all door knobs and counters now I am talking and spending time with you guys!!!!!!! |
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| Posted over 4 years ago I think if i was on 11-7 full time I would be okay. as a cna that was the shift I worked. but when I work 3-11 religiously it throws me off. I am not a morning person by any means. If I am up at 6:45 in the morning I am almost through with my shift otherwise I am sleeping blissfully. You have to bleach the door knobs? "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not."
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| Posted over 4 years ago drink lots of water....get your exercise each day.....cold wash cloth on your face every hour or two. A good man loves other. A better man loves God. A great man loves God and lives well among others! I miss you daddy!
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| Posted over 4 years ago My little OCD germaphobic issue. Our pt that come in here are not the cleanest many homeless or have self care neglect. We see a lot of TB HIV MRSA etc. so I will not sit in a chair or touch anything till it has been cleaned by me. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago I understand the germaphobia. when I get home from work. Take off my scrubs in an entirely different room than I sleep put them in in a basket only for my scrubs. I wash my hands so much that they feel chapped. I didn't think about bleaching door knobs though. That is a good idea. Especially for staff who have an aversion to soap and water. "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not."
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