Why work Nights?

GettingFit4Me2011

I was just wondering....What is everyone's motivation for working nights?

alyssa92982

To be home with my family in the evenings. Was on 2nd shift and never got to attend my son's sports activities or holiday get togethers etc

Tiggerrick

I used to love working nights. The big bosses were NOT around, and I could focus on doing my J O B without someone looking over my shoulder and micro-managing everything.

kphillips83

No brass bugging PLUS I'm here in the morning to send my babies to school and here in the evening to attend activities and make dinner/ eat dinner with them.. send them to bed.

JACLYN007

Because at night I don't miss anything! My family is asleep so they don't even notice I am gone. I can be here in the mornings before school, and at night when they go to bed! And on the night shift there is no pressure, no bosses, no drama. It's great!

dreamshadows

I like the quiet of the night. No people. No Super's. No Traffic.

GettingFit4Me2011

That's right! No procedures, no doctors, no bosses, no visitors, no meal trays, and most patients are sleeping. And, I actually get to read the charts, talk to the patients who are awake....geezzzzzzzzzzzzzz, I actually get to do my job!

kmill81385

I do enjoy the quiet of the night. It's nice to know that I can help to protect these elders and to keep their "house" clean. I feel like a little elf in a sense...

And in another way, it seems to make the week go by faster- does anyone else agree with that?

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Cait_Sidhe

I started off working nights because some places pay a overnight differential. I've been doing it so long now, I'm not sure if I could work full time days.

MpotRN21

I started nights as a way to get in the hospital, but I'm certain I could never work days. I had to do days for nursing school and I am just not a morning person! And you miss everything at home, I'd leave before my son got up and have maybe an hour with him when I got home.

kphillips83

I can't get up early in the morning.
I wish I still had "evenings" though. 12 hour shifts leave me nothing. But the 4 days off are worth it.

When I first started my job we did 12 hr shifts.. 3 days on week.. 4 days the other week. I loved it. I wish we would go back to it instead of 5 8's.

peacehawk

I began to work nights for a few reasons: less drama, less berocracy, time to read and write, get to see friends during the evenings. Buti find myself a zombie smetimes. And, becausei can be mandated to work a double, it is hard to commit t plans. Overall though, I prefer nights.

Elf_Princess1210

I started working nights for the money, but I like not having the stupidvisors around to micromanage my every move. My current stupidvisor is a witch with a capital B! Thank God I'm transfering departments. Anyway, It also tends to be slower at night, no doctors, no testing. The only thing I don't like about nights is if something is going to go wrong with a patient, it's going to happen at night. You gotta take the good with the bad!

psychRN83

I started working three 12 hour shifts overnight Friday, Sat, and Sun as a LPN to put myself through college as a RN full time and still be working full time. It was hard but I got my RN and associates degree in May 2011 and my BSN in December 2011. I do not start my MSN until June but I figure I will keep working the same shifts because i get the entire week off to work on fixing up ME finally and losing weight as well as seeing my six year old daughter off to school and being there when she gets home.

rinalyn

I diagnose/treat sleep disorders SO I haven't much of a choice. Day shift is the holy grail of sleep medicine. I'll go to grad school (clinical psychology) this fall, though, and hopefully I'll be able to do some research about the health of night shift workers.

mebuthalf

All of the previous reasons (not missing family events, ect) but also b/c my husband and I 'trade' off the kids ... he works days and I work nights. I'll probably still stay nights when they are older b/c I don't have to miss anything (except sleep, which I'm missing now) during the day.

love2kayak96

Works out better when raising kids. I have never had to use daycare. If they are sick during the day, the school calls and I can go get them. No worry about being at work when a sick kid is home. Plus, now that they are older I am home when they get home, therefore, I know what they are doing and with who.
I have worked night shift for a total of 27 years now. Over half of my life. But it is now beginning to wear on me. Hopefully will go do day shift in a year or two.

love2kayak96

I would love to see more research done on the health of night shift workers. I know it has an impact, and not a good one.

Rosalindgr

when my kids were younger I work nights so I would be available for them, school activies, doctor's appt and so on. When they got older I decided to try days, Monday to Friday. The sleep was good at night but ifound I was to tired afther work to do anything so that left only two days to squeeze things like shopping,cleaning, etc...., I was spending my days off standing in grocery lines so back to nlghts I went.

ichorica

Family reasons. I work weekends 7pm-7am. So I can see get my son to and from school!

patcp1

I took the job on night shift to get out of my former traveling job. I stay on night shift because of the 12 percent differential I get from my employer. It all is done so I can be with my family more. I am home instead of on the road, and I do a 4 on 4 off rotation followed by a 3 on 3 off rotation.

peachNpunkin

I'm just not a morning person. I never have been. I never slept well at night, so it benefits me to work nights. Plus I don't like being micro managed. I like to be able to do my job, not everyone else's job.

robot_potato

Rock and a hard place. our department is all nights now and i've got too much invested in the company to leave before i'm ready to go back to school.

joannebeecham

I love 12 hr shifts. I dont think I could stand being at work 5 days a week lol.

7bel0

1) I hate mornings
2) Nights here is described as "organized chaos." Days are just... ridiculous.
3) The extra $3.50 an hour! ha!

nannanorem

I can't seem to get up early in the morning. I don't have to deal with the "Big Wigs"and the pay is a little better. Sometimes I wish I could do a day job for health reasons, but right now this is what I do and have been for over 10 yrs now. I noticed it is harder to lose weight though.

muzmacol

i'm required every so often during the year, just for a month, i decided to do 4 months. Good pay, no bosses, autonomous worker, take my resposibility without being second guessed.

CarpeDiem177

First part of my career we had the choice to bid on shifts, but when I had my first child I went to graveyard to keep my wife working and save on daycare costs. I wasnt making the money I am now so we had to do whaty we had to.

EarthMuffin2012

1. I'm a night owl.
2. Better $ differentials.
3. Flexibility as a mommy.
4. Better rapport with staff and patients.
5. I can stay late after my "second wind" in the morning if extra help is needed and I have the energy for it.

Cobehale

All of the previous reasons (not missing family events, ect) but also b/c my husband and I 'trade' off the kids ... he works days and I work nights. I'll probably still stay nights when they are older b/c I don't have to miss anything (except sleep, which I'm missing now) during the day.

Me too! I knew it would suck to be on steady nights but the perks of being with the kids make up for it (most of the time!) Another bonus I have is working at the University - all my 5 kids can go tuition free! I was trying to get a job here for years. When the midnight one came up I KNEW that was my chance. Also, because I work in the residence, we shut down over the summer, so I get the summer with the kids!

I have had lots of opportunities to move to days, but I would lose the summer off and they are still young enough (3-13) that it isn't an option and won't be for a long time.