![]() When presented with only five hours of freedom to myself meant I had to pick and choose what was priority. I am going to accomplish so much in my lifetime, but this could be doubled with more time to myself. Getting time to oneself is important to a lot of people especially myself. The coms of 12 hour shifts can be too much for some people, but while on my deployment, I didn’t have a choice. It is crazy to be three or four days off from the actual date you thought it was. The 12s make days feel like a blink of an eye because you’re constantly working and sleep off most of the rest of the day. While on deployment, we all dream about the day we come back home to our loved ones, and when you’re gone for one year time can either fly by or pass ever so slowly. When working for 12 hours it is great to get into a flow state because you work efficiently while also enjoying it. How could I forget, there was no internet service either so we could kiss browsing the internet goodbye.Īs soon as 0630 hit, it was time to go home and I sensed a lot of mornings of satisfaction as the sun rose. Night crew was actually more productive than the day shift and I believe this is because it was dark without any distractions or people interrupting. We all embraced the “suck” and came together to make the job happen all while having fun (No details because OPSEC). Our night shift crew was full of strangers at first and then became a family after just one week. The pros of a 12 hour shift are far and few in between, but there are a few. Lastly, the final 2 hours would be changing, grabbing food, and watching some self-improvement YouTube videos. I made sure to grab some sun because vitamin D strengthens the immune system. I would then proceed to go to the gym or go for a run just before the sun went down and it was time for my shift to begin. ![]() This schedule gave me a solid 8 hours of sleep. Bedtime would range from 730am to about 330pm on good day. This was the first experience that I have ever taken a caffeine pill to stay awake.įast forward to one week in, I had finally found a good routine that worked for me. The beginning of the 12 hour adventure was rough because we were working in the dark and had to adjust our sleep schedules.Īt times, I would be ready to fall asleep when there were still 5 hours of rest to be done. Randomly, I was placed on the night shift crew which ran from 7pm to 7am. The reason being is because a bunch of work needs to get done to meet a deadline. Assuming you sleep for an average of 7 hours a night you will be left with fibre for eating, leisure, getting ready and commuting.įor about two months of my deployment, I have experienced the 12 hour shift in order to complete high-priority missions. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Knowing that 12 hours of your day are going to be devoted to your work means that the other 12 are to be used for sleep and leisure. The typical shifts people work range from 6 to 10 hours, but for those who want whole loaves of bread will sign up for the dreaded 12 hour shift. Further, the pattern of 12-hour shifts, which was democratically implemented, was preferred by the nursing staff and did not diminish their well-being and work performance.“Let’s get this bread!” A common phrase many of us millennials use right before heading off to work. The researchers found that well-being and work performance were minimally affected by the 12-hour shift roster, while staff retention and sick leave were unaffected. Effects on staff retention, sick leave and inservice education were examined. Independent researchers were engaged to evaluate the impact of the 12-hour shifts on staff well-being and work performance. After extensive consultation with the union and hospital management, a roster pattern of two 12-hour days, followed by 12-hour night shifts then days off, was introduced. ![]() The process was instigated by the nursing staff. This paper outlines the implementation process involved in introducing 12-hour shifts in a Melbourne hospital intensive care unit. Twelve-hour shift rostering offers an alternative to the traditional 8- and 10-hour shifts usually worked in Australian nursing practice.
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