Nurse buddies!

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  • newfienurse66
    newfienurse66 Posts: 23
    Hi there, So good to see all the Nurses here, I am an RN worked crazy shift work for 18 years and for the last 7 doing part time days, although on the verge of being posted (hubby is military) so thinking shift work will be in my near future again! eat and track is the only way to go!
  • bushidowoman
    bushidowoman Posts: 1,599 Member
    Critical care RN here. :-) I work in the pool, so my schedule is irregular, and I work 7p-7a. When my baby weans, I hope to go to day shift.
    I usually am up all day with the kids, and then I go in to work at night. So I drink lots and lots of coffee with cream and sugar to stay awake. The cafeteria is also closed at night, and everybody wants to order Chinese or pizza! I try to take healthy meals and snacks with me, but sometimes what everybody else is ordering looks better!
  • psb13
    psb13 Posts: 629
    Hi to everyone. I've been an RN for 37 years. I've done the 12 hour shifts, working every weekend, nights and any combination of all of them you could imagine. Currently working 5 -8 hour shifts per week in ASU/PACU and doing overtime in my old department the ER. I've been on MFP since May 2011. Would love to add some nurses to my friends list so feel free to add me!!
  • murphyd317
    murphyd317 Posts: 2
    I'm a night shift nurse and since July I've lost 80 pounds with 40 more to go! It's hard finding time to eat working off shifts--but I've managed okay so far!
  • winner1988
    winner1988 Posts: 1
    Not a nurse, But work in a care home along side nurses, On my feet all day, with shift work. Quite hard! x
  • jrose74
    jrose74 Posts: 27
    I'm a nurse also but for the last 3yrs I have been working in the sales n marketing for Home Health Care. So my job consists of hosting lunches all week for physicians, hospitals and care centers. As you may know that is not the healthiest foods that I am bringing in.....lol. Anyways i am currently trying to lose 29lbs to get back to my normal healthy ME.
  • ybecci
    ybecci Posts: 2
    I'm not a nurse but I work in the hospital lab 2nd shift, i start at 3pm and get out anywhere from 11pm-2 am so I totally understand your pain! It is so hard to eat right! We have a gym at the hospital but I am usually too tired to go after work and then drive an hour home and be up by 6 to get the kids ready for school then babysit a 18 month old....nice weather is coming my way though so hopefully I will be able to get some walks in for exercise. I still find though that it is hard to eat well even when I am home on the weekends. It is definitely going to take some serious discipline on my part to make sure I am eating more than once a day and making sure that what I eat is healthy!
  • jillbilleo
    jillbilleo Posts: 2
    I am currently a student nurse but I'll be done in April! Yay me! I'm a busy mom of 2, married, work full time and go to school full time. Chocolate will be the death of me. I'm only trying to lose 5-10lbs, but really what I'd like to do is tone up and get rid of my muffin-top and mommy-pouch! When done with school I desperately want to work L&D, but finding nursing jobs in Utah is stinking hard! Nursing here is so saturated! So, with any luck, I'll take ANY nursing job I can get!
  • WolffRN
    WolffRN Posts: 48
    Hello!! I'm a Emergency Nurse, mainly work 7a-3p, and am STARVING when I leave work!! Have found packing my food for the day very helpful!! Enjoy a snack and water on the way home so I dont attack the refrigerator when I get home!
  • ktlynn447
    ktlynn447 Posts: 38 Member
    I'm 28.... and a nurse that works 12 hour nights. Since all of my wonderful fellow nurses celebrate by eating (any occasion we can think of).. it has definately taken a toll. I have been back on MFP since January and am in the process have scheduling my Lap Band surgery. Feel free to add me )
  • BlackStarlight
    BlackStarlight Posts: 554 Member
    Im a nurse too I feel your pain and to be honest all I want to do after a 12 hour shift is die on the sofa but I tend to try and do at least half an hour on the Wii Zumba or just dance and then at least I've done something. I go to the gym on my days off but it's hard. Feel free to add me. Well do it together xx
  • cmhickey616
    cmhickey616 Posts: 85 Member
    I'm a cardiac/neuro ICU nurse and I work night shift. It's hard for me to force myself to eat at night because I don't feel hungry at 3 am, but then I'm starving by 7:30 when I get off :/ I force myself to have little healthy snacks throughout my shift so I'm not so hungry when I get home.
  • babyworms
    babyworms Posts: 1,304 Member
    I'm an EN in Australia working a rotating roster. I started at 232lb, i'm down to about 221lb, Aiming for about 170. I'm 5'10".

    Feel free to add me! I'm always struggling with eating at work!
  • LJV1031
    LJV1031 Posts: 502 Member
    MFP nurses UNITE!!! :drinker:
  • tnrunningnurse
    tnrunningnurse Posts: 549 Member
    awesome to see so many nurse on MFP.
  • tnrunningnurse
    tnrunningnurse Posts: 549 Member
    If I have missed adding any of the nurses on here, please feel free to add me.
  • Marco58
    Marco58 Posts: 6
    Male nurse here workin in the med-surg floor... I know theres tonnes of people on this thread so If anyone would like to add me feel free =)
  • big_eye
    big_eye Posts: 19 Member
    Helloooo Nurses!!

    I am also a Nurse working in Psych at Max Secure facility, ( and I love it)... I too work the part time circuit so it's 4 hrs here, 12 hours there, etc... so you want to talk about tough!! LOL

    I do the best I can by trying to keep meals 4-6 hours apart, regardless of what time of day it is... seems to be working okayyy for me, but some days it does get tough especially for a Type2 DM :(

    I am trying to change my old ways and forming new habits, they say habits can be formed in 21 days, so here I am day 7, you can follow my progress (if you add me, friend).

    Best of luck to all, any/every effort counts no matter how small, so high 5s to all of us here!!

    Cheers!
  • Lauraaaa88
    Lauraaaa88 Posts: 11
    I'm a student nurse in my second year so only one more year to go. Any rn's or student nurses feel free to add me!

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