Night Float
Whenever I say that I'm on night float, I feel like the music from "Night Court" ought to come on. That awesome 80's/early-90's bass guitar riffing... so funky! That crazy Harry Anderson.
Anyway, for anybody who still checks on this lowly blog, night float is, in residency, when you work nights and sleep during the day. My residency has a very kind night float schedule, so you work from 10pm to 8am, as opposed to some residencies where you work 6pm to 8am. Coming in at 10pm is so much nicer than 6pm. For one thing, aside from the fact that, obviously, working 10 hours in a 24-hour day is nicer than working 14 hours, you get that precious evening time. Tonight, for example, I relaxed with my family, had dinner, played piano, and watched football with my nephews. Tomorrow night I plan on having dinner and watching a movie with Dean. Later on this week I'll have my shrink appointment and get dinner with my family. It's such necessary social time when you're up all night in a creepy fluorescent-lit psychiatric ER and then sleep all day.
Anyway, for anybody who still checks on this lowly blog, night float is, in residency, when you work nights and sleep during the day. My residency has a very kind night float schedule, so you work from 10pm to 8am, as opposed to some residencies where you work 6pm to 8am. Coming in at 10pm is so much nicer than 6pm. For one thing, aside from the fact that, obviously, working 10 hours in a 24-hour day is nicer than working 14 hours, you get that precious evening time. Tonight, for example, I relaxed with my family, had dinner, played piano, and watched football with my nephews. Tomorrow night I plan on having dinner and watching a movie with Dean. Later on this week I'll have my shrink appointment and get dinner with my family. It's such necessary social time when you're up all night in a creepy fluorescent-lit psychiatric ER and then sleep all day.
posted by Radish | 7:10 PM
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