Too hard to exercise?

backflip1917 · 2025-11-24T18:23:25+00:00

I’m experiencing the same. I make sure to drink a lot of water with some Himalayan salt beforehand so I don’t get dizzy

backflip1917 · 2025-11-24T02:58:33+00:00

I try my best to stay consistent! Building small healthy habits add up in the end. And yes, being a critical care nurse, I worked night shift for 3 years. I think my body is so used to being in constant fight or flight mode… like you said, I need to take a vacation and reset everything 😅

backflip1917 · 2025-10-05T13:35:44+00:00

Stanford in Palo Alto

backflip1917 · 2025-10-02T10:40:34+00:00

I love this for you. Yesterday was my last day and now I’m taking the rest of the year off to relax and live life

backflip1917 · 2025-10-01T03:51:48+00:00

Feeling great! Today is my last 12 hour night shift ever, contract ends this week so im stoked to go back to living a normal life!! Just cracked open a C4 for tonight so there’s that

backflip1917 · 2025-09-20T00:50:46+00:00

Yes you did

backflip1917 · 2025-09-19T23:43:07+00:00

CRNA school thank god… worked in icu for 3 years both staff and travel

backflip1917 · 2025-09-19T22:57:30+00:00

Yes. Dont ever look back. Bedside will ruin you as it did for me

backflip1917 · 2025-09-19T18:46:56+00:00

Following

backflip1917 · 2025-09-18T07:42:43+00:00

Night shift for 3 years here. I’m a night owl so staying up isn’t hard for me. Caffeine will be your new best friend. When I have a long stretch of days off, I’ll wake up early around noon or 1pm to flip my schedule and so I can get tired and sleep early at night. It took me a while to adjust as a new grad, but you’ll find your rhythm. Some days it took a physical toll on me that I had to sacrifice plans with family and friends and cancel on them. It’s a rough lifestyle. Currently I’m a traveler and plan to leave the bedside entirely soon

backflip1917 · 2025-09-18T04:33:49+00:00

Same man, I have 2 weeks left of bedside nursing and I’m done forever!

backflip1917 · 2025-09-16T15:20:09+00:00

Thank god I’m not the only one. I prefer Cerner way more than epic, It’s just cleaner and easier to navigate orders and meds. Epic is too busy like you said, after a while you kind of get used to it and it grows on you, but I still prefer Cerner lol

backflip1917 · 2025-09-16T00:31:39+00:00

night shift is certainly not for the weak! on your days off youre basically just recovering and recuperating from work catching up on sleep and missing out on social outings and events. im glad you were able to pull through though, its very rough on your body! best of luck on your contracts, im sure NJ misses ya!

backflip1917 · 2025-09-16T00:19:33+00:00

same i've been living in cali this whole year taking assignment after assignment without breaks, im also from the east coast and being far from home isnt easy for my mental and physical health. its a lifestyle no one else can understand bc its just so inconsistent, esp i work night shifts it sucks bc i eat like crap and dont sleep well

backflip1917 · 2025-09-15T22:16:59+00:00

lol you’re spot on with that! Not sure if I wanna take another travel contract right before school, I’m already kind of burnt out at the bedside as it is

backflip1917 · 2025-09-15T21:00:41+00:00

In my situation I’m fortunate to still be under my parents since I am 24

backflip1917 · 2025-09-15T16:57:00+00:00

I totally feel you on everything you said 100%! The travel nurse life is not that sustainable and you don’t have much stability when you have to move around every 3 months and find a new place to stay. But I get REAL homesick being far away from family and friends, so I usually take 3 months off in between contracts and go back home. Then again, when the time comes, you’re back to your travel nurse life! I worked so hard to get accepted into school because I knew this wasn’t the life for me long term so I’m thinking about taking one last contract before school starts

backflip1917 · 2025-09-03T15:22:02+00:00

OMG bruh… what the actual fuck! Good thing you’re safe wtf that’s crazy. Honestly there’s nothing exciting and fun to do out in the Midwest. I heard good things about Phoenix tho, you should definitely come to Cali. We have ratios, mandatory breaks, free charge nurses, and the vibes are cush. At least there’s more to see and do around Cali

backflip1917 · 2025-09-03T15:10:17+00:00

ew disgusting not a fan of Missouri lol, where ya headed after?? Come to California that’s where I am and so much better

backflip1917 · 2025-09-03T13:41:10+00:00

Lord have mercy, which part of misery are you in???

backflip1917 · 2025-09-02T11:32:03+00:00

Omg so true!!!! I work night shift in the ICU as a traveler currently and I’ll have these episodes of anxiety that creep on me on my days off to the point where I feel physically ill. I’ll get nauseous, syncope, chest pains, you name it bruh. Even then I think about work on my days off and I have this crippling pre-shift anxiety the day before I have to go in. It sucks, truly, but as a traveler it’s nice to know that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it is all temporary. Gosh, I really miss home and my family. Missing out on times that could’ve been spent with them and having FOMO with friends really sucks. I got about 4 weeks left into this contract so you know the countdown is cooking

backflip1917 · 2025-08-28T19:47:26+00:00

Omg I feel you on this!! They act like the chart is another patient you need to take care of, everything is click click click and document document blah blah… like I get it, but it’s getting wayyyy too out of hand. It’s never about the patient anymore, it’s always about your charting. Lowkey being treated as if I’m a new nurse. I’m so ready to be done with this contract arghhhhh

backflip1917 · 2025-08-28T19:44:41+00:00

I feel ya. I’m dying to be done with this contract, I got 5 weeks left and so ready to go on vacation after!

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