My Nite time activities

Being a night shift nurse means being awake when my family is asleep. I really have to find ways to entertain myself. I like to read, exercise, do thinks with my kids. I am always trying to find people like me who stay up in the day time only to have to work 8-12 hours at night. It is so hard to ignore the urge to skip a nap so you can go to girl scouts, birthday parties, wedding showers ext. without out sleep. I know I'm no alone in this. Facebook is good sometimes because I hear similar situations going on in other peoples lives. I would like to hear from other nurses. Our jobs make it hard to feel normal. I often come home and lament on decisions made overnight that were difficult. I get dissolutioned and sad sometimes. A lot of time I can' t fall to sleep because of them. I know I'm not alone. I would lke to hear you stories on this blog about how you handle these issues and if you sleep well at night when you are off how you do it.

What do you do with your time off?

Friday, June 19, 2009

Nurse Jackie Review




Wow nurse Jackie needs some serious therapy. She is however, awesome. Jackie gets to do all the outrageous things nurses want to do. Is it realistic that she can get away with them, no. What makes this show entertaining is the sarcastic humor and disregard for rules. If I could drug my director of nursing and get away with it I would too. It is fun to pretend that for a minute that it would be possible. I love the opening scene where she says "What do you call a nurse with a bad back, unemployed". So true and sad. Nurses may be outraged that they are being portrayed by a narcotic abuser, but lets face it there are some out there. Jackie also forged an organ donor card, but I'm sure somewhere that has also happened. I'm not easily offended. This is not a show for the easily offended, but there is a parental warning. So nurses check it out. Even if you are the Florance Nightingale of your unit, you will like Jackie because at the heart of her story she is a hero. She steals from the rich to give to the poor. She also practices an eye for an eye.


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  1. UnknownJune 19, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    Love the show and your take on it. I'm not in medicine, so I'm glad to hear you say some of the stuff that happens is just pretend.

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  2. UnknownJune 21, 2009 at 12:22 PM

    I am a nurse and I love the show. I agree with Jane. The thing I like about "Jackie" is that she is in a continous state of moral dilemma. We all know what that is like as nurses. We may never take it to the "Jackie" extreme, but I have to say there are days I wish I could. If nurses are offended by this show, they should keep in mind that is a TV show. It is for entertainment. If you have seen it you have been entertained.

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