Categories: Scrubs

Finding the right care for your children

Overnight Sitting

Nurses who work night shifts have a unique childcare issue, particularly if their children are not yet in school or are home for holidays or during the summer.

One solution, particularly if you live in a college or university town, is hiring a student to sleep in your home overnight. You can offer the student what you feel is fair in terms of payment. Hungry or homesick students may be willing to negotiate the pay for extras, such as meals and additional snacks to take back home.

This solution is well suited if your children go to school or daycare. The sitter can get up with the kids and send them off on their day, allowing you to come home to a quiet house to get some sleep before the children have to be picked up from school or daycare.

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Marijke Durning

Marijke is a professional writer who began her working career as a registered nurse over 25 years ago. After working in clinical areas ranging from rehab to intensive care, as a floor nurse to a supervisor, she found she could combine her extensive health knowledge with her love of writing. Although she has been published in a wide variety of publications for professionals and the general public, her passion is writing for the every day person to promote health literacy.

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