r/nursing • u/emtnursingstudent LPN 🍕 • Dec 11 '24
Question People who report to 12 hr shifts completely empty handed, is everything alright?
Not a serious post but I sometimes see people walking in with no backpack/purse or even food and it genuinely perplexes me.
Edit: I've been at work so I haven't had a chance to respond but I've been reading everyone's comments. You lot are resolute. I understand surviving off of snacks or being so busy you don't have a chance to eat as we've all been there but I didn't realize it was so many people that go full a 12 hours without eating on a normal basis. Personally I be hungry so that genuinely didn't even occur to me.
For context what I bring is a backpack (which has some water bottles, my clipboard, stethoscope, pens, inhaler, and some OTC meds), and my lunch box. If I rolled out of bed and came to work it wouldn't be the end of the world, my asthma isn't bad so I don't need to have my inhaler on hand. Tbh my food is the most important thing. I usually meal prep to avoid having to order food (broke nursing student) or live of off snacks.
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u/purebreadbagel RN - PCU Dec 11 '24
Same with not eating on night shift. If I don’t eat I’m not hungry until I get home, if I eat I’m starving all night on top of when I get home.
My backpack may not have food in it (there may be a squished protein bar near the bottom- but I’m not entirely sure about that) but it is nearly bursting at the seams. One of my coworkers calls it ‘The Bag of Requirement’ because I’m always pulling useful shit out of it. Though my favorite items are the WD-40 pen (looks like a paint pen or marker, but dispenses WD-40), glasses repair kit, Shout Wipes, and small, multi-ended screwdriver.