respect
Its been like that for thirty years. Why should you care what another shift thinks. The few times I have worked days it has been so easy, nights bathe the patients, dietary passes and picks up the trays. I write down vitals and talk to the visitors and doctors. I don't particullary like working days. You must be very young if you are worried about getting respect from people you see for 30 minutes twice a day. You should be worried about getting respect from your night co workers and the doctors you wake up and your patients.

i am not young. what i am trying to get across is the fact that every shift should have respect for what each shift does. we are all part of a team. i see the dayshift more than a half hour a day it is usually 2 hours or more. i have helped them get residents dressed, showered them and fed them. there are times when they are short handed and i have been on the clock for 12 hours or more. i enjoy my work alot and don't mind helping and as for having the respect from noc shift they do respect me. i went on call for a short time and everyone was thankful when i came back to fulltime. i worked on a station for 3 years where the dayshift did have respect. they moved me to another station in jan and it is very difficult to get any teamwork or respect from the girls who work on that floor. maybe i am expecting too much.

Re: respect


I don't know where you have worked days but you have not described days at my hospital or any other one in this area. With the exception of the ICU 95% of patients get a bath on day shift. Yes the kitchen might pass out the trays but it is the nursing staff that feeds the patients that can not feed themselves or gets the patient situated so they can eat. That does take time. I have never said night shift wasn't busy. I have worked both shifts. Days bar none is the busiest.