Sleepless Nights

Hey!....here I am again....counting....sighing....moving from right to left, side to side, end to end....I can't sleep! God forbid...I have to take my sleeping pill.

I had 3 nights of running up and down, walking back and forth, answering the call bells, doing the routines, arguing with my patients mother or relative, faxing the medication request to pharmacy,preparing the medications by checking and counterchecking, spending 20-30 minutes with each patient on medication time, looking for the on call doctor, answering the phone, writing my notes, etc.

It is really difficult to adjust, I feel like zoombie.....damned crazy nightingale....tired...I want to close my eyes...but my mind is too occupied yet my body is aching for a rest.

One...two..three...four.. here I am again..counting like a kindergarten. Sigh....sigh...sigh... hmmmp! Dear God help me! I want to sleep! It's almost five o'clock a.m.

This is the one that I hate most. Being a staff nurse, I cannot choose my own time to work, it will always be on shift basis. Though there are requests that my Nurse Manager granted...I still feel that I am sooooooo damned tired....I need a rest. I am so happy that I'm going home.....I will spend my 35-day vacation with my two lovely kids..hey! Bulls eye! Binggo! Now I know..... I can't sleep because I am so excited to go home!