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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by sailordaking@ani.social to c/workreform@lemmy.world

I’m a nurse working shifts and sometimes 5 days without a pause and I still don’t know if I’m gonna take one of the 2 9 to 5 jobs my hospital system has offered. I’d earn less money, but I’m already 45 years old and I don’t know if I should call it quits and settle for a regular job 5 days a week and free weekends for the rest of my working life. Hustling in nursing is ok if you are in your 20s or 30s but in my 40s? I don’t see it.

I like the extras I get for working shifts but it’s taxing. I’ve been doing nursing for 6 years already and neither do I know how difficult is the transition going to be.

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[-] amlor@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t have any medical background, but I worked “8am-8pm work/24h free/8pm-8am/48h free” shifts for 5 years and didn’t have much problem switching to regular 5 day shifts. What I realized too late that those 5 years wrecked my already fragile sleep patterns and 12 hours shifts are too taxing no matter what you are doing.

So I didn’t have your exact situation but I think that switching might be better for your health in the long term in any case.

this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2024
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