Bring on the 4am projectile vomiting... I'm going onto night shift!

Why do you vomit at 4am? I've never worked a night shift so this is a mystery to me!

I never knew that! Good luck with the night shifts.

I have never worked shifts but I think that this would really screw up my body clock. Good luck for your nights!

This is interesting, never heard of that before. Night shifts sound really tiring, I imagine its hard to sleep in the day.

What do you do again, RR?

Good luck RR - I'd really struggle with night shifts

I feel your pain, I hate night shifts. I probably don't have any actual helpful tips but I can tell you how mine usually pan out. I find the worst effect it has on me is my digestion, I get so bloated and gassy and constipated (sorry for the TMI). Probably because I eat *** because who gets to eat proper meals when you're the only nurse on the ward for 12 hours and aren't eating at normal people time? I tend to fluctuate a lot between hot and cold throughout the night, cardigan on one minute then off the next, my HCAs think I'm hormonal haha. I need to keep myself moving so I have a walk around once an hour even on a (the Q word) night, I tip toe around and shine my pen torch at people to check their resps just to keep me awake and ease my night time paranoia and then grab a brew on the way back. I leave the big tasks like checking the CDAs and crash trolley until about 6am because I'm sad and I need that to look forward to because it signals the shift is almost over.

Good luck!

Sounds horrible, my OH works some night shifts but doesn't get this.
Good luck hope it's not a bad night for you!

A big good luck to you, why have they put you on an entire months worth???

I feel your pain, I passionately hated nights and it's one of the reasons I moved to community, some people thrive on it though, which are you?

Sweets and the subsequent sugar rugs usually helped us with a 4am slump. I think with a months worth of nights though your body will get used to it and it'll get easier and easier, here's hoping.

I drink lots of water and try to squeeze some fruit in. Some hard boiled sweets are sometimes handy. I also dress in layers as the temperature can change quite bit. If l had the time then l would get in some toilet visits -there is something about nights that gives me an upset stomach! I hope the month goes quickly, when do you next have to do nights after this?

I've not done nights for ages but when I did they used to make me ill. Red bull and sweets would help