i’m on night float for the next two weeks
what is night float ?
it’s a rotation during residency where you are assigned to night duty with no day duties. when a sick person in the ER needs to be admitted to the hospital overnight, the night team facilitates that transfer of care.
at my program, first years have a call room at the hospital while seniors take night call from home. i’ve got to say, it’s pretty nice to rest at home in between admissions. right now, i’m on the couch with my cat next to me. some people find the night float rotation hard on their sleep schedule. as you can imagine, staying up at night can really be tough on your body!
but its not that bad for me. when im on night float, i flip my schedule so that i sleep during the day and stay awake at night.
i actually like this rotation very much. its a good learning experience to admit patients. i actually volunteered to do this 2 week rotation.
it was to help out my colleagues so they wouldn’t have as much call and so that the day team could have some consistency with their night coverage. otherwise, we would have to split 31 days of call by 9 people. i would have volunteered for the whole month but hey, i dont like night float that much. :)
time to go to sleep. goodnight !
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