DAY SHIFT vs NIGHT SHIFT for Nurses

[@andreasharan]

You forgot a night shift benefit- no management wandering around! Haha. Also 100% Agree the teamwork is the best part of night shift.

[@melindat.1259]

Seriously! We have a no tattoo policy. If I worked days, I'd be covered up the whole shift, running and sweating. Nightshift, no one cares so you can guarantee I'm taking my jacket off!

[@katbrax8622]

I agree we have great team work at night. Love my Night Team 👑💯✨🌛

[@chanty-vk8td]

Best team work at night!

[@bellablow4287]

Day team have NO idea how different it is

[@lilwing6969]

21 years at my facility as hospice nurse and 18 of it on night shift.... The best shift, imo. Especially, since we are so much more laid back, not a thousand different personalities in the building and a lot more time with one on one with patients and their families, if needed. I wouldn't do any other shift, honestly.

[@claire4266]

I’m not even a nurse but I’m addicted to watching these for some reason lol

[@annaleighanichols7762]

Claire Ballard become a nurse or a CNA, cna training is like 4-8 weeks

[@JuneBuggJr]

Haha same with me. I'm a City Civil Engineer, but enjoy watching lot of nursing videos.

[@Adam657]

I'm a final year medical student, except in the UK. I barely understand what's going on but I watch these since I fancy the dude and his smiley face makes me happy.

[@nicholasfonseca3953]

I’m a pharm tech student but I find myself watching so many of these videos lmao

[@lesliefriddle8185]

Same here part of my family are nurses and paramedics and I’m addicted to these lol

[@mod8179]

Night shift tip- If someone calls you during the day when you are sleeping, call them back in the middle of the night when they are sleeping.

[@NancyRemling]

I just silence my phone during the day. Problem solved.

[@tamarajohnson5771]

So true had a friend who call about b.s. So one night called her at 3:30 a.m. to just call. She got mad saying I messed up her sleep and had a bad day. Told her welcome to my world

[@jacquelineswingle7433]

I had to do that to my DON after 3 calls from her at 2:00 in the afternoon for minor issues that could be addressed in an email. After I called her at 2:00 in the morning for a minor issue, she never woke me up again for 3 years!

[@mod8179]

@@NancyRemling thats a good solution if you dont have kids or need to be accessible 😔

[@kellyrabe5180]

My mom did that to a telemarketer back before we had cell phones and still had home phone with call ID i did that when i was in college to the TA that was working after i told her i work 3 12 hours shift on the weekend so i called her my my lunch at at 3am has she did to me the funny thing was her mom call me to yell at me i told her mom that my mom would call her when i my got off of work at 2am as she was the bar manager lol some people have no respect for other people

[@thejmc4074]

Two best parts of nights: no management and usually more chill/easy.

[@danielpineda4476]

Depends on the floor lmao

[@prettyfacetarot]

Yes !

[@TheMabes69]

I am about to do psych night shift...scared

[@ceceruben6113]

@@TheMabes69 they say psych isn't even like nursing. Easiest field you could go into besides nursing homes. Youll be fine and laidback.

[@ngoct.7723]

“More chill/easy”, I think that depends on the floor 😭 I work on gen med/med surge and it’s so heavy and even harder at night imo bc there’s lack of resources and we don’t get PCT that often.

[@danielpatterson5245]

I love night shift, but I hate getting cussed out at 2AM for waking someone up, but I’m just trying to save your life! 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@AwesomelySweetYve]

Daniel Patterson right!!

[@vwgirlbeth]

Let them cuss you. They stop eventually.

[@KimmieJ1920_LNC]

I've actually asked the cussing person, are you finished because I still need that order up out you, thanks.

[@BluestSkypsl]

Daniel Patterson that stuff I’ve learned to let go . Ppl don’t act reasonable . I have issue with my company who forgets is when rewards are given

[@rainnmoon114]

I used to have cancer. I was always kind to the nurses but I was so sad to be woken up every 2 hours for vitals lol

[@mckenna8663]

Being a night owl... I am LOOKING FORWARD to night shift!! As a teacher, I wanted to teach at a school for child insomniacs... never found one.

[@YoRKsMdSGee]

That's would be cool!

[@katiejones7132]

Same!!! It’s 2am and I’m showing no signs of sleeping yet 🙄 I’ll be awake by 8:30 too. Problem is, I can’t sleep in the day either!!!

[@sabrinakerlegrand72]

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[@taruluver29303]

I would have been one of those children lol.

[@OunRukAyame]

Omg we should come up with night school for kids with insomnia!

[@JaydedCammie]

Night shift 4 lyfe. I was always so much of a night owl that people thought I was a morning person. :) I like getting paid more for just being awake when I want to be. No cafeteria means no cheat food too. I love my team. I like our independence. I like setting up day shift to succeed and seeing them come in to my best unit.

[@Mssparklez85]

Don't say bad words, Blake. Like the Q word. Awful things happen after the Q word is mentioned.

[@AwesomelySweetYve]

Lauren omg yessss

[@crazybuthappy97]

as soon as someone starts to say ‘it’s been so qu--‘ they get a spoon thrown at them Pronto

[@pcdeltalink036]

and the S word *whispers* slow

[@samanthasowell6350]

I'm not even in the medical field anymore but it's the same at my current job too

[@lilwing6969]

We have a rule on night shift.... If you say the "Q" word... Then you must buy us dinner lol

[@evelynkokotkiewicz8779]

I am retired from nursing now but when I did work on a hospital floor, I preferred to work night shift. I believe that I grew more as a nurse working on nights because you didn't have the support that you would have had on days and I learned to work independently and be a patient advocate which meant waking up doctors in the middle of the night and dealing with their attitude. My attitude was,"You signed up for this job...now deal with it!" I did not allow myself to be intimidated by any of the doctors. Changes in patients's vitals, changes in their mental status and changes in their condition needing a doctor's order got called in regardless of time. Sometimes it was a matter of life and death.

[@moon6unny]

Day shift - washing, feeding - dealing with family members - collaborating with interdisciplinary team eg. physicians, physio, social work, psychiatry - patient going down for tests' - admitting post-ops - discharge, patient transfers Night shift - more patients, more manual tasks (eg. toileting, pain management) - settling everyone for bed - breathing rounds - bloodwork - less help, more teamwork - longer breaks (to sleep) I find both of them busy in different ways. Usually the busiest time for day shift lasts between the morning and afternoon, eases up a bit around 3-5pm, and unless getting last-second admissions, easier at end of shift. Lots going on when you're trying to co-ordinate discharges/transfers/tests/admissions at the same time plus having to answer questions of the interdisciplinary team and of the family. A lot of various things going on at once. Night shift, you have a heavier patient load (eg. up to 6 patients per nurse vs 4 patients during day shift). So there's a lot of meds and toileting to be done around the same time (before bed and after waking up). The busiest times around between start of shift 7pm until maybe around 11pm (once 10pm meds are done). Once patients are settled, it's mostly quiet between 12 to 4-5am with those few exceptions (sick or rowdy patients). Less family to deal with due to visitor restrictions. Once you start waking patients at 5:30am for bloodwork, 6am meds and toileting, that last 2 hours is a very busy strtetch to get everything done before the end of shift including your charting. So for dayshift I would say many various things to juggle, where night shift is a lot of the same thing to juggle. Both are tiring.

[@aszleco]

Your comment has by THE MOST helpful!! Thank you very much! I'm trying to decide. I'll graduate in 4 weeks. I'm leaning toward night shift at least for the first 6 months. Once I get meds ++ down, I may feel ready for busy juggling "many various things".

[@harfangdesneiges6680]

You forgot to mention just how exciting the unpredictability is of the cases-LOL!

[@descartesnathanael8445]

Thanks for your helpful advice for this first-year nursing student! It would help me a lot when it comes to reality.

[@doreenwhite290]

Where i work, there's no time for sleep on nights. There's always someone awake needing something. On med surg floors there's always something to do

[@moon6unny]

@@doreenwhite290 you don't get a break? We sleep during our breaks and cover each other's patients.

[@SA-pt6ki]

Night shifts are definitely NOT easier due to the fact that you have the same amount of work but with like 1/3rd the staff. Especially working as a CNA.

[@cbl6520]

SA Depends on where you work. For my facility, night shift has almost no meds to pass, no major treatments and it’s super slow paced compared to the days. I’ll take nights over days anytime.

[@maryem8263]

Being a CNA is the worst.

[@christinagilliam1295]

My unit has 24 beds and only one CNA is usually working, another one doesn’t get called in unless we have 18 patients. I feel so bad for them but we all help out ALOT

[@maryem8263]

Christina Marie 18!!! 🤢🤮 Man. The positive to that I guess is they will LOVE working anywhere else after that place. Lol. That sounds like a house of horrors. :(

[@christinagilliam1295]

Mary M LOL that’s for sure!

[@HurricaneQueen777]

Another great benefit about being on nights (in most cases) is that there's less traffic to deal with on the roads during the commute. 🎉🌛☕🖤🥰💉

[@ginaclame20]

I agree, I even go to school at night. Less traffic is the best.

[@tjlaction12]

Lol night shift all the way. Don’t have to deal with quality control coming around and yelling at you to label your IV tubing or asking how long foleys have been in.

[@melindat.1259]

You couldn't pay me enough to work days!

[@haileejacob1995]

Melinda T. Couldn’t agree more!

[@carlesc5497]

I know lol

[@nurselifeinksa.6959]

Hahahaha

[@DONNAASAURR]

I love night shift . Even though I’m not a nurse , I love being alone and there’s no one bragging about stuff all the time. Less drama and there’s no one to supervise you all the time.

[@bluejae4850]

Love this! So true! I’m a night-shifter to the core! I wish there was a way for people to see and understand what goes on at night. It cracks me up when I answer a light from the desk & the patient apologizes for waking me up! So many people think we just sit around at night because the patients are sleeping! HA! Love all your videos, Blake!

[@marychristina3413]

So what do you do @ night then? I would like to know. Thanks

[@CH-dq7rm]

@@marychristina3413 There are is still rounding, assessments, helping CNAs change patients or toilet them, some places will have less staff at night, there are still meds, vitals, some have labs done at night, routine care such as trach care, gtube, feedings, admissions are usually done at night and those can be quite long. Many places also have night shift change out tubing and other equipment or DME per schedule. I worked in a LTCF with about 30 patients each night and never had time for a break.

[@susieodell2637]

Your teeth... perfection! (No comment on the vid, just incredibly impressed with your teeth.)

[@Priya__444]

Ya through out the video I was just looking his teeth what a perfection 😇😇

[@johnson01ization]

Best group of nurses I ever worked with was on night shift. I did nights for 5 years and then decided I needed a more regular schedule and switched to days. Both shifts have pros and cons...working with a great group of co-workers is everything 😀

[@nurselifeinksa.6959]

Well said!!

[@emilybehnke8004]

I'm a lab tech, but the similarities are still the same. I love the night shift! I especially like that it's easier to form relationships with nursing floors and resp care.

[@treyw1583]

Night shift nurses only have each other to lean on so we are always willing to help!!

[@patriciaotoole6508]

True

[@tiffanylianna6027]

Avocado toast for night shift hahah yes

[@NurseBlake]

Hahaha! Yes, AVOCADO TOAST! LOL

[@tiffanyjennings5675]

“That’s the difference between Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack.” Sirrrrr, you are speaking my language 🤣🤣

[@Marilynefc]

😂😂😂

[@sheenawinfrey3133]

Quieter on nights??!! The patients get crazy at night...they dont sleep, many times they're more confused and combative, and you're on a skeleton crew many times trying to keep the crazy patients safe as they try and crawl out of bed and set off the bed alarms every 5 secs... it's ridiculous!! It's always funny to me for the same patients the differences in staff matrix between day and night shifts

[@StubbornPrincessEmii]

Yep if it is the dementia area and at a long term care center with some needy patients that want things perfect and ask for sooo many things at a skilled nursing facility, then it is true patients act like that from my experience as a CNA for Night shift and PM shift

[@allielynn4511]

The patients can get admitted, act completely normal but then the sun goes down...

[@StubbornPrincessEmii]

@BornToRunBarefoot yep I witnessed that too :)

[@boogelliotgm]

In the ICU, patients don’t sleep 😂

[@melindat.1259]

I love how dayshift says "oh, this 92 year old grandma is so darn sweet and cute". When midnight comes around she turns into the incredible hulk.

[@kristincarlson1861]

Night shifter here for 23 years. I tried day shift for 2 years but I didn’t reap the benefits I was expecting such as better health. I feel less stressed working nights plus the money is an extra bonus. The shift differential pays for the health insurance, etc.. My mom was a night shift nurse too so it must’ve rubbed off.

[@starshinedragonsong3045]

Night shift here, too. 25 years. YAY nights!

[@cnayawarren]

Blake: "I never want people to say Night Shift vs. Day shift" 6:03 Blake's video title: "Day shift vs. Night shift"

[@bellablow4287]

Night shift in New Zealand means I avoid my boss and slightly higher pay

[@mariekano9730]

My dad works night calm and collected, mom works day shift always coming hom cursing yelling and screaming. I work night and the best thing I've ever done.

[@Crazypeople246]

Marina Syndulla Hey, I think I’ve seen you in the comments of a lot of different nursing videos. How is working going? I recently passed the nclex and still waiting to get interviewed and hired! What unit do you work on?

[@mariekano9730]

Hey how are you! And congratulations on passing the nclex! I work nights but I'm on orientation so I'm doing days for now. Days is so much! I work on a med surg floor so it's hectic in the days. But once my orientation is over I work nights and I'm curious to see how that is. What type of nursing do you want to do?

[@eviesdrawings1312]

What you said at the end was 👌🏻 it's all about teamwork 🙌🏻

[@Mommyofcurlies]

I graduated in December and I got hired to work night shift. Sleeping during the day is next to impossible but I love my shift diff and the people I work with on my floor. Teamwork! We work 3 12’s 7-7:30

[@SugarsSweetest]

Must be nice my company does not pay that and you are a skeleton crew per management request.

[@jennifermoriarty2188]

You nap and don't sleep if night

[@ludwigvonmiseswasright4380]

NyQuil will help you sleep

[@timmytallskinny10]

Blackout curtains are worth the investment.

[@KatrinaJoy225]

@@timmytallskinny10 That and a good fan to block out any noise!

[@mariadlalondono6432]

I can see your enthusiasm while talking about your career! This is inspiring! GOD Bless you and thank you for making this video💖🤗

[@acrosscountryamericana7413]

Been a nurse for 10 years. I've worked every shift there is to think of...this video is very well done, accurate and informative. And I can confirm as a night shift nurse- we do love avocado toast...

[@amyle974]

I feel so much better about starting my first nightshift position as a nursing assistant after this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video!!

[@francyelefonseca1512]

Hahah this is 100% accurate! I️ flop from night shift to day shift; weekly!! Both the 7 to 7 & I️ must say there really is no “easier” or “harder” shift, they’re both equally challenged. Loved it Blake this was very very accurate !

[@NurseBlake]

Hey!! Thanks for commenting and sharing your experiences with day & night shift.

[@aprildanae7487]

How are you alive? Oh my gosh, much respect, I couldn't do it! In the military they switched us from days to nights every 6 months, and it always took me weeks to adjust.

[@mariekedufresne53]

April Danae you get used to it... sort of lol

[@constantinajenningsrn3216]

One of the best parts I like about night shift is no discharges😁 (unless a patient decides to leave AMA)

[@danis9309]

I currently work night shifts at the hospital I'm at as a PCT. I love nights!! Definitely going to be a night shift RN once I graduate 😊 thank u so much for your videos I enjoy them all!

[@NurseBlake]

Awesome!! I was also a PCT on nights, it was so much fun!!! :-) Thanks for commenting and watching. I'm glad you like them.

[@annarosem5722]

Watched this as a senior in HS, now starting clinical in my second year of nursing school :,) love you and your vids!❤️

[@zachborstad562]

Another night shift plus - you don’t have to wake up early in the morning and it’s near impossible to be late for your shift because it starts later in the day :)

[@mariekedufresne53]

When I first started working (cardiac surgery& neurosurgery) we worked 8hr shifts. My favorite shift was 3:30-11:30

[@marieked]

laura marrero fabian where I am now it’s nearly all 12hrs. 7:30-19:30 and vice versa. Only a few people do 8hrs, but not where I am (NICU)

[@Britfan06]

Night shift nurse for 5 years and I love it!

[@lilamontoya5609]

03:00 first benefit of nights NO MANAGMENT

[@isisukilavak2365]

Going to start nursing next year and I'm obsessed with these videos

[@claudiahernandez1624]

Nursing student here, losing my mind 😩send help! 💆🏻‍♀️

[@OhKíyo00]

Claudia Hernandez i feel! I just got my gen Ed’s completely done and I’m on my beginning of junior year send help I’m scared for clinicals

[@jeremiahparker1858]

You can do it. Meditate, manage your time, study like crazy. YOU GOT THIS! I never thought I'd make it but here I am.

[@susiessoapstuff1459]

Praying for you!

[@daneshiataylor8830]

I can’t wait to become a nurse I’m doing medical assistant to gain experience then I’m going to go into nursing

[@Strawberrycherriess]

This fuu said Nordstrom and Nordstrom rack baby I’m dead over here. Subscribed!

[@juliadagostino7216]

You're awesome Nurse Blake! I always enjoy your videos.

[@so._.anyways]

When I was admitted because of slow heart rate and anorexia I had a nurse in my room constantly (just to watch and make sure I didn’t purge or something stupid). So I would talk to the younger ones at night and kept them company. I always preferred the night shift nurses.

[@Superduper666]

Night shift workers get woken up in the middle of the day by dayshift wanting you to work extra. No one calls dayshift in the middle of the night. That needs to change.

[@williamrouse3510]

Love your channel! I am a NP and have worked nights for my entire career until a few months ago when an ACNP position became available in March. I love the extra help during the day, but I miss my night peeps and fewer people being around/asking questions at night. I do sleep better at night and feel better on my off days. Like you said, there are pros and cons to both.

[@pnoyguitar]

Loved the graveyard shift. After work, you have the movie theatre, the mall, etc. without crowding. Lol, who sleeps after the graveyard shift? I treat the graveyard shift as 7am-3pm and sleep at 11pm. So after work at 8am, I go to the gym, I eat my first meal around 10am. Then I do my chores. By 3pm, I eat my second meal. By 5pm I start my sleep routine. I wake up at 11pm and start my work at 12mn. Less stress, I put more energy in the gym. By the way, I work as a Hospice Nurse on standby. If I don't get calls, I still get paid. If I get calls close to my ending shift, it's OT.

[@noahzurfluh1091]

Blake I find you in this Video so Authentic and so smart. Thanks 🙏 for your work really you make a important job. 🧡🤝💪✌️😎🍀😇🌎🌍🌏☮️🙏

[@OverHaluyu]

On my unit the patients don't sleep at night, they are incoherently yelling out, trying to get out of bed, or asking for things I have no access to at 2AM. Typically there's an old guy screaming about either pain or sleeping meds the entire night and yet the doctor refuses to give any. His neighbors can't sleep and stay up asking for food when dietary has been closed since 7pm. Then on the other hall is a confused old lady with dementia or UTI or a combo, restless, non-stop crying out for husband/daddy/mommy. Next door to her is another yet confused patient that's trying to climb out of bed because the aforementioned lady won't stop mumbling and he can't sleep. It's fun. Ps: another major difference is communication with the Doctors. They're not around usually for us to get a good rapport and it's a headache trying to get orders from someone half asleep. Day shift they all joke around but we're on tippy toes because they're still annoyed we called about that thing at 2AM...

[@greyyyyyyys]

Are you in the geriatric psych ? Coz I do and what you said sounds relatable! 🙊

[@reginacappella8682]

Sooo true…

[@EdidtsaSantaCruz]

Totally right I'm a PCT at night and I love the fact that there are not so many people around and I can take care of my patients and not have to worry about oh dang PT has them or something like that. I can't wait to be a nurse on nights when I'm done with nursing school too. Lol first comment became I keep my night shift schedule even when not at work. 🌚

[@NurseBlake]

Hey you! You stay on the night shift schedule?! That's awesome!! You're so passionate! LOL! I was also a PCT at night in nursing school and I had so much fun!!

[@EdidtsaSantaCruz]

Yeah I do and I love the nurses I work with they are awesome.

[@advantagelearningacademy3802]

A white noise machine and blackout curtains are mandatory for day sleeping.

[@ShannonThor.]

En

[@ShannonThor.]

Yes

[@ae-holo5972]

I love your positivity

[@phoenix_lament27]

I’m a RadTech student but these videos are so good! And super interesting!

[@starshinedragonsong3045]

Did nights my whole career (labor and delivery).. It's a different busy on nights. I loved the teamwork. And, lack of irritating management disruptions and doctors constantly calling you from the office because they're trying to figure out if I can get one more appointment or procedure done before they have to run in and deliver a baby. I mean I get why they did it, but boy it was just nice to get my orders hang up the phone, do my management, call them when I needed them.

[@oceanwolfca]

Night shift por vida! I love it 🥰 night shift we can handle alot more with less people 😉 Less stress.

[@pupGoji]

Here in italy, you have a night shift, every 2 day of day shift. We work 8h in day shift divided in morning and afternoon, while the night is of 12h, the day after night shift you have the rest of the day off, and the day after too. We work 6 days in the week They don't pay you more if you do night shift, infact, the maximum salary that a nurse can have is about 2000$. The positive side anyway is that any specialist must be present on any shift for a law. So if you need any specialist at any hour, you find at least 2, because the law say that they should be at least 2

[@nurselifeinksa.6959]

Night shifts : My routine hand over, inventory assignment, assessment , examination of the pt . documentation.medications as ordered.early morrning bed baths , changing linrn, Performing ECGs, assisting for portable cxr, blood works, lines tubings due for change, bed side supplies fill up for next shift.......a ccu nurse❤❤❤

[@christinastrader9615]

I'm not a nurse.....how did i get here. I frickin love you though.

[@DannaGoat]

Second shift is the busiest and hardest shift hands down

[@taruluver29303]

I have never been good with mornings, even during junior high and high school. I have always been a night person

[@EmergencyTop5]

Get a noise maker, like a fan blower for your room if you want to sleep during the daytime. This works like a gem.

[@MoNoK15]

Night differential pay is where it is 🤗 I prefer nights cause don't have to be bothered by the nonsense or BS.

[@matthewwhitt9398]

I’ve been on nights for almost 20 years in the ER and the various ICUs. I’ll say this about night shift: as hard as it is it will make you a better nurse.

[@BluestSkypsl]

Plus night shift is forgotten a lot of times when rewards are given especially from the outside . So many times I come to work at night and see packages where days was given presents and catering . They all got roses food gift cards etc for being hero’s during thy pandemic plus we don’t get differential at night here . Plus my company gave a bonus for anyone working 40 hours a week and most of us work 32-37. Except a lot of office ppl are getting the bonus

[@danniebutler177]

I’ll take night shift over dayshift.

[@yeannineme2653]

For me it was great to start night shift during the first few years of being a nurse. It gave me time to read the patients charts, understanding the plan, reading progress notes and gaining confidence. I loved night shift but after a while it was affecting me.. sleeping during the day, being exhausted....some night we're crazy busy where I'd leave at 8:00 am . And yes some patients go cucu at night..then I went to day shift and it was Crazy busy, but there was more staff. I didn't like the micromanagement and the pressure to discharge pts to admit more . I then went from bedside hospital nursing to Outpatient surgery center which is more relaxed. I like it.

[@madi.brook0]

me at 14 watching this👀 but i really hope to be a travel nurse it really interest me and i want to be a nurse so bad. i cant wait till i can go to nursing school

[@hugznotdrugz1234]

Not sure where u work.i worked i a nursing home and it was shift against shift we had 3 shifts. Days, evenings and nights. Each shift complained about the shift before them and after. I worked all shifts. And I stayed out of the shift drama as much as possible

[@katarina1852]

Night shift: procedures & surgeries (except for emergencies) are scheduled for the day shift, you deal with fewer family members visiting (of course Covid has changed visitation policy completely), no management, you don’t have to join committees (they encourage it if you work days) because they always meet during the day…. Day shift: you are exposed to more so you will learn more (I recommend all new nurses start on day shift), ancillary and specialty services in house and available to respond to consults, you participate when physicians make rounds on your patient (very helpful), you see and meet more people….. I started on day shift and switched to night shift for more money. But I was bored and depressed (I work in ICU) until I got used to it after about six months.

[@humblegenuine1004]

Can you please a serious video on tips for effective charting in the real world. Things specific tip for notes which lessen the charting time. Example how to cut down on charting time.

[@ianlombardo9758]

I used to text my friends the following when I did overnights on the ambulance:" I'm on duty until 6AM, when I say goodnight, I mean goodnight. The only person that should be waking me up is the dispatcher and that's all. If you wake me up, be prepared for a nastygram from me at the end of shift."

[@IrmaWW15]

You’re absolutely right. I like all your videos 👏🏽

[@bobbobbob1318]

I did 11+ years on graveyards for my last nursing job. Good group of people. One thing you didn't mention about nights, is that you usually don't have to pass menus & there aren't any patient trays to deal with.

[@hufflepuffnurse6099]

First Year Student Nurse UK enjoy both day & night shifts both have different vibes & both have different learning experiences.

[@estew6764]

I used to work evenings at a call center and this shit had me rolling so damn hard cuz it’s the same exact stuff for us. Thanks 🤣

[@sirined3509]

I use to work in the operating rooms, sometimes it was sooo quiet 💤 and then when you get busy it is from the start of your shift till the end 💔 but I loved it.

[@fancyface2848]

I've worked night shifts for 18 out of my 27 years nursing career, the rest were evenings. Day shift isn't my thing. I can't stand the many people walking around in the day time. I love my nights. As a nighy nurse, you create your own nights. Keep your rooms dark and sleep like a baby. You nailed the team work at night. It's amazing. We're all we have, we can't afford not to work together. Bless all my nurses our there. We can NEVER be paid enough.

[@maxinedavieds8102]

Normal sleep and cafeteria open, the only two reasons to work days, LOL

[@daniellejensen7655]

You are super funny!... Like one of those naturally funny ppl who can make ppl laugh without trying. You should write like 5 minutes of jokes and go to an open mic night or something! Stand up would be right up your alley! Its scary but you have a rare gift to share..... Thats where you can really dirty up your humor.... For funny patient stories that might not fly on youtube....

[@carriebirchall8053]

Okay, but if I become a nurse I will definitely be a night shifter because I'm practically nocturnal... it's bad and I need to fix my schedule...I'm aware but I think better at night, I focus better at night, and I have trouble sleeping at night but can at day smh.

[@justiceharrison5142]

Hello there Carrie nice meeting you here

[@allthingskraftybykaz]

Love working nights though it takes me away from my husband. Nights on my unit (I work on the neonatal unit) can be very busy xx

[@joykinser3444]

I'm not even a nurse. I just think Blake is so adorable and he has the best smile and teeth. I just enjoy him. I know we will all be in the hospital at some point in our lives. Can my nurse please be this precious? Also, does it make me crazy for telling myself "aw, we can't be friends bc I have to get up early and work during the day and he works at night.......wait.....also we aren't friends bc I'm almost 40, probably live in another state, and do not know him" Hahaha. I'll just stay if I was a nurse, I'd want to be on Blake's team.

[@emilymarguerita2781]

My last few nights have been insanely busy, we have 7 patients and they’re often really sick. I rarely get a real break on nights but that incentive pay 💰💰, worth it.

[@jiiyongg]

The only thing I hate abt night shifts: there is only one nurse for each ward. :/ so we're doomed if many things happen at once. only icu and imc nurses aren't alone at night.

[@michaelu2562]

Night shift is way more laid back, like we don’t give a damn lol and day shift are usually more uptight, needless to say, you don’t need extra stress on top of it all

[@morgankukkola5986]

Thank you so much for acknowledging OT!

[@katiebelle5405]

I was born for night shift. Before nursing I wouldn't fall asleep till 4 or 5 in the AM anyway, could sleep like a rock with the sun blaring through my window. So when night shift opened up I was in!

[@DabidRobinson]

I miss my night shift differential

[@katzentatzen9319]

I've been working night shift for the past 12 years and I couldn't be happier. Always been a night owl! During the day the phone rings non-stop: physios, doctors, family members, the kitchen, the dietician, laundry, family friends, other facilities, radiology, threatre. During the day you run around like a headless chicken because everyone wants a piece of you RIGHT NOW!!!!!! Night shift is awesome: 99% less phonecalls than during the day, no people bustling in and NO MANAGEMENT!! The only problem is that there are colleagues who are not interested in teamwork and hide themselves in dark corners and only come out when it's time to go on lunch. It's hard when you have a team of eight members and only five or six do the work.

[@sabrinayyx3612]

I love the chill vibes of night shift, but I just couldn't with those 12 hr nights. They were the most mentally hellish times of my life and it just wasn't worth it:( Days are busier but I've never felt like I was having a mental breakdown.

[@StandupGirl-ym3ey]

I just love ur personality!!😊😊😊

[@oconaddify]

I works nights as a nurse’s aide at my local hospital and one of the day aides expects us to do her patient weights and A.M. care for her. That’s day shift’s job. We don’t ask her to do our evening care for us. It is also our hob to make the I+O sheets for the next day. We have never expected day shift to do that for us.

[@k.r.3598]

Best of both worlds: Be a day-shift Weekender. No management or ancillary services around to bother you; Rake in either the Weekend Differential OR the Weekender Bonus if your hospital has a dedicated Weekend Staffing Program; and it's Day Shift! Sure, you might have limited time to do stuff in the weekends, but there's one Hell of a payoff. I did that at my Facility for almost 13 years, and the financial rewards were totally worth it!

[@Lynnmaria54]

I would be sleeping during the day...day shift manager would call at 9:30 am I would pick up my house phone (no cells then) I would have an actually conversation & hang up. Later I would have no recall of that call. After a few times and someone who spent the night and was a witness to one of these calls shift managers learned not to call me for extra shifts when I was sleeping. I would sound alert & awake but was not. I just hung up the phone and fell asleep. But my husband & I are still like night shifts

[@sage8889]

One Team! Superb! 👏 👏

[@cruz355]

Love your videos! Keep it up!

[@reactionswitherin5504]

Evening shift for life! I love my 2PM-10PM shift. I have worked both day shift and night shift and am not a big fan of either. Evenings are awesome because you get to avoid the chaos of mornings but don’t have to pull an all-nighter. Also, unless you like getting up ridiculously early or staying up ridiculously late, most types can function on evenings. There are usually two types of evening shifters: those who go to bed within an hour or two of getting off work and get up at a decent time the next morning like 7-8 AM (I’m in this camp). But there are also those who get off work and stay up until 3 AM and sleep until 11 AM but you still have plenty of time to get ready for work. So unless you like to get up at 3 AM or stay up all night until 5 or 6 AM, there truly is a schedule that will work for most everyone on evenings. The only downside IMO is having to work more days of the week than my co-workers who work 12-hour days or nights.

[@henrythatrtguy6448]

Your videos are the best! Thanks!

[@thesmiths9105]

I love Nurse Blake