10. Ability to embrace the challenges
I work three to four 12-hour shifts that usually end up being 14-hour shifts. There is no way to prepare your body for all the mind and bodily stress you WILL endure as a nurse. But if you LOVE NURSING, you will eventually take it on as a part of your life and miss it when you’re not in the chaotic lifestyle the floor provides. It’s kind of weird, but I get bored when I am not stressed to the max. Strange, maybe; normal, absolutely!
—Tracy, RN on Back-to-back shift blues
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