Wanted: Nocturnalist Ruralist Hospitalist

Couldn't resist the title--have you noticed how sub-sub specialized medicine is becoming? Tonight I begin the first run of night shifts at Macy's (four nights in a row, a mere warm-up to doing as many as eight). I haven't had regularly scheduled in-hospital night shifts since residency Night Float rotation. I'm a bit rusty at the night routine and have to re-create the correct timing of coffee, protein-rich meals versus carb-rich meals. Meanwhile, the white noise machine and blackout curtains haven't arrived, so this weekend might be less slick than I'd hoped. Cross your fingers for me.

Comments

[Sandra Wooten]

reading this i'm remembering my first day at work (not a medical job) about one year ago. working my tail off to make a good first impression, wondering what the politics were that i would need to learn to be careful about, wondering who i could trust to tell me how things REALLY worked. it's scary, no matter how old you are. to my surprise, the job turned into the best one i've had in my over 20 year career!

i hope this turns out to be the right place for you, and that Noo continues to recover.

[C.]

As a night person, I know all about blackout curtains an noise machine. However, my job requires me to be up during the day too....fun ;)

Best of luck at Macy's and a full an speedy recover for noo.