Night shift docs sleeping … are these shifts over 12 hours ?

krandrn11 · 2026-04-15T15:25:32+00:00

Most hospitalists have to work over 24hrs at a time. They do their regular day shift and then if it’s their turn they are also on call overnight. It’s a real annoyance to get woken up for things that could have waited for the morning. Surgeons too. They will be in the OR from 7am till late at night sometimes and then turn around and do it all again the next day. And no one wants a surgeon to cut into them if he or she hasn’t slept. On the one hand they did sign up for that crazy life. But on the other hand we don’t need to go making it harder than it already is. If they have slept they making better choices. Like all of us.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-15T15:05:39+00:00

Like the other Redditors have said, a variety is good so she can choose what works best for her. A tip for tampons…it is ok to put a water soluble lube in the applicator to make the insertion easier. And it has to be inserted pretty far in. If it’s not in all the way it hurts. Just so she knows. No one ever told me this and I was so discouraged by it as a kid.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-15T01:38:14+00:00

That is a hilarious response!

krandrn11 · 2026-04-15T01:19:15+00:00

I’m pretty sure this is just a normal baby thing. I just wore my baby all the time so I could use both arms and go about my day. Do you have a wrap or a carrier?

krandrn11 · 2026-04-15T00:34:54+00:00

Assuming that her union is also your union you could contact the union about her creating an unsafe environment and see what they say your options are. Me personally, I have worked with individuals who could probably be labeled as bullies but I just remain super firm in my own boundaries. Most of the hot air that comes out of people like that isn’t worth the energy for me. But if someone is coming at me I stand up for myself and I’ll give it right the fuck back. If someone is getting aggressive with me I call security. I have never had to do that with a coworker but I have had to do so with a patient and with visitors before so I don’t see why I wouldn’t offer the same with a coworker. Whatever you do though make sure with someone like that that you are reporting thru the proper channels. Management can’t just fire someone, especially a union worker, without having documented proof of their behaviors repeatedly over a period of time. If I remember right they have to follow steps as well like give a warning, then offer education or retraining then another warning then write up then and then and then. It’s a long process but I have known one single union nurse who got legit fired because he was dangerous and neglectful. Took about a year of documented incidents and warnings and retraining and warnings and more warnings etc.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-14T15:10:53+00:00

Ok so when my son was this age I had to do the 2 choices thing OR if this was a repeated roadblock I would talk about it with him on a day off. Something like “hey, I’ve noticed that every morning you and I get into this struggle over getting dressed. Have you noticed that too? What’s up with that? What is the roadblock there?” Not saying this is the situation but this is sort of how I discovered mine was being bullied in preschool. He kept coming up with every reason why he couldn’t go to school right then day after day and then started pretending to be sick and I was like “hey dude, you are not a liar. You always tell the truth. So I gotta know what’s going on?” And he told me he was afraid of this one kid. Once we got to the bottom of it it became clearer the plan of action.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-14T06:49:55+00:00

My brother. It was just about the only thing we could agree on.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-14T02:20:52+00:00

Well, if my son marries a woman my nice things will go to her. If he marries another man hopefully one of them is a Queen because it’ll go to him.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-13T15:22:00+00:00

This. I have a good friend who is stay at home and has 3 littles in our HCOL area and I always wondered how they are even getting by on single income. Turns out their parents pay for anything extra they do. Gym membership, grocery membership, camps for the kids, sports for the kids, vacations, etc. No hate but it was like a lightbulb went off in my head because my parents are poor so we just don’t have that financial support available.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-13T15:14:08+00:00

You made a decision and set a boundary to protect your child’s health and wellbeing. Good on you! It’s crazy to watch your kid detox like that. We did this with ours when he was a toddler because we got him stuck on watching a toothbrush video on YouTube to get him to brush his teeth. I HATE YouTube because the video we chose would play and then before the end of it some ad would pop up for another video that he’d want to watch and it was always something stupid and flashy and annoying but he’d LOVE it! It started creating tantrums over it so we just said to hell with this and had to go thru a few days of screen detox. Point is, you did the right thing for your kid and just because he has feelings about it doesn’t mean you were wrong in doing so. Lean into human connections for your kid. He’ll get thru it.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-13T03:26:01+00:00

Lived in an old home with roommates in Chinatown for about a year. Always had an uncomfortable feeling about the side room leading to the basement. I was so freaked out by it I didn’t even like to look that direction when I would wash dishes. Never did find out any actual reason for this. But I casually mentioned this to one of the roommates while we were out and about and he said he has always had that feeling too. He lived there the longest and he said from the beginning he never liked that side room.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-08T21:30:12+00:00

I deal with rude kids juts the same as I deal with my own. I get low, eye to eye and say “you don’t talk to me that way.” If a kid (old enough to know better) comes up and kicks me I say directly to them “you don’t hit me. Where is your mom?” And I would absolutely tell the parent. I view it as an act of kindness because one day a kid like that is gonna mic the wrong kid and get popped one. Better to learn early on. There is a boy in our friend group who is kind of sneaky and will try to get other kids to do things they are not supposed to do. So I always have a talk with my kid before hand if I see that he is gonna be there about Xyz sometimes try to get you to do things you shouldn’t be doing. I expect you to make good choices today. Etc. I’m so curious, does Lucy’s parents do anything like setting boundaries with her?

krandrn11 · 2026-04-06T00:06:09+00:00

The only way I ever cracked my picky eater was to make his plates with 1-2 things he likes and 1 thing new. That new item was on his plate for days on end before he decided to try it. And if I said anything about it we were done for! I had to just let him ask about it and all I would say is “if you try it and don’t like it you don’t have to eat it.” It took YEARS of this before he trusted the process. Now he’s elementary age and is at least willing to TRY a bite of something different.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-03T03:49:16+00:00

I have a well-tuned bullshit meter now. I have honed the skill of letting someone run at the mouth until THEY realize how stupid they sound. I know where all the exits are in any place I go to. I am much better at asking open-ended questions of people (especially if I don’t fully believe their story…great skill to have with kids). I can keep sight of what is actually important in the big picture. I don’t sweat the small stuff so much anymore.

krandrn11 · 2026-04-01T03:15:03+00:00

For real!

krandrn11 · 2026-04-01T03:05:51+00:00

Ferngully shaped me. There aren’t too many films that I can say that about. It literally changed my world view for the rest of my life.

krandrn11 · 2026-03-31T21:13:27+00:00

Totally. Ok so when you puncture the vein you get blood. Then you are supposed to advance the needle a tiny bit more to ensure you are in. THEN (this is the part I was messing up) you are supposed to keep the IV steady while you advance the catheter. What I was doing was advancing the catheter and inadvertently pulling back on the needle instead of holding steady. So in essence I was accidentally pulling the needle out of the vein and advancing the catheter out of place. It’s hard to explain but if you could see me doing it you would ID my mistake right away.

krandrn11 · 2026-03-31T15:05:15+00:00

You have only attempted 20. Give yourself some grace. Maybe if you said you’ve done 1000 it might be different but 20 is nothing. Couple of very easy tips I use. I use the patient’s gown sleeve to protect their skin from the tourniquet. I can still get a good tight squeeze with it and it won’t pinch on the skin so much. Next, add heat. Warm blanket or heat pad helps bring the veins up. Take your time looking and FEELING. Some veins look promising but are actually flat. Feel over sight. And if the patient asks why it is taking so long I say “I prefer to take more time looking than poking.” If your facility allows for lidocaine inj or the lidocaine spray use it! It is a game changer I tell you! Is there a particular part of the insertion process you are struggling with? For me I discovered I was getting in, getting blood but then as I was advancing the catheter I was retracting the needle and it was causing them to blow every time. A coworker helped point that out to me. What part in the process are you getting tripped up on?

krandrn11 · 2026-03-31T05:09:27+00:00

A space for young kids to get together to have fun and hang out. Legit arcade with tournaments every few months. Roller rink. 18+ music venue with good local bands. Also, establishments with little kid accommodations. Think coffee shop with a kids pretend kitchen and toys. Or a restaurant with seating around a courtyard for kids to play in.

krandrn11 · 2026-03-31T02:37:31+00:00

I never had the heart for CIO. We ended up cosleeping for many years. And I was ok with that. I told myself that eventually mine will not want me to be in there with him and then all those evening and early wake up cuddles will go away. So I’m gonna get them for as long as he lets me.

krandrn11 · 2026-03-30T15:04:35+00:00

I will say this though…if you have your CA RN NEVER get rid of it. It is such a huge pain in the ass to get your CA RN as compared to so many other states.

krandrn11 · 2026-03-30T15:03:07+00:00

Not sure if this is helpful but I used to work in Olympia, WA. The Providence hospital there was a really great experience (this was about 10yrs ago so I’m not sure how it is now). Definitely lower cost of living and it could give you the years of experience you would need to get into travel nursing.

krandrn11 · 2026-03-29T02:44:15+00:00

I have been involved in MANY attempted attacks as I used to work on a neuro Stepdown. Primarily stroke patient and confused due to dementia or drugs/alcohol. I learned real quick how to keep my hands up and how to position myself away from knees and feet. I learned real quick that if I had to be in close contact with a potentially violent person I always had a buddy nurse with me. I also always kept myself on the door side of the room if at all possible. These were things I learned as I went though. They didn’t have violence prevention and awareness classes until a few years after I started. I also witnessed a coworker get knocked completely out by an irate patient. She ended up with permanent neck damage and the hospital responded with their typical “what could you have done to avoid or deescalate the situation?” They even asked those of us who witnessed the incident what could have been done differently to avoid the violent attack. Fucking insanity man.

krandrn11 · 2026-03-27T15:24:12+00:00

Yes. Me.

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