How To Prepare For 12 Hour Shifts | Nursing Jobs

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How To Prepare For 12 Hour Shifts

• Looking for How To Prepare 12 Hours Shift? Here
  we are presenting the tips for nurses working 12
  hour shifts

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• There is nothing hidden in the fact that long
  working shifts are strenuous and require tireless
  efforts of the staff. Though these shifts are
  hectic in every niche, but nursing for such long
  time is arduous. Nurses ought to have the
  tendency of caring people and thinking about
  them. This has made them stop worrying for their
  own health. This is the reason why we are
  presenting the tips for nurses working 12 hour
  shifts. Follow these steps to maintain a healthy
  lifestyle and prepare for 12 hour shifts.

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1 Maintain Proper Food Routine

• Having some junk food or something tasty and
  unhealthy may deteriorate your energy. It is
  tempting but leads to bad health condition. Pack
  your food with and eat it properly. Maintain a
  routine where you can eat proper food before the
  shift and even during shift. Eat fruits,
  vegetables, have juice and other nutritional
  diet. Healthy diet provides energy to stay strong
  for 12 long hours. Replace your soft drinks with
  fruit juice, replace your snacks with salads,
  salty butter with peanut butter, flour bread with
  wheat bread. Food decides our lifestyle it is
  our responsibility of making it good or bad. So,
  better make it beneficial for your health rather
  than relying on temporary tastes.

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2 Rest is Vital

• We agree that you get less time for yourself but
  try to get as much sleep as required. A good
  sleep is quite required before starting a shift
  your mind have to be fresh and your body needs to
  energetic to handle the work pressure you are
  going to get during your shift. Avoid taking
  caffeine or alcohol to get a good night sleep and
  refresh you mind. Never compromise with sleep and
  if you get breaks between your shifts then take
  naps, it improves your working quality and you
  wont get tired easily.

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3 Utilise Your Breaks in 12 hours shift

• Dont spend your breaks watching screen or dont
  waste the time of your breaks. Use it to the
  fullest by taking nap, eating something healthy
  or doing such activities that relax your mind.
  Dont do such stuff which creates strain on mind
  give space to you from the mundane work. Listen
  to some music which relaxes your mind or you can
  meditate too. Go to a garden, spend some time
  with nature or go for some walk, the main motive
  of this break should be relaxing your mind and
  nothing more. You must at least try to form a
  supportive relationship between your colleagues
  so that you can all get through your long shifts
  together. And if you do end up spending time with
  your co-workers outside of work, they could be
  more understanding of your absence of social
  time.

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4 Make Friends at Work

• Making friends at work makes the tasks very much
  easy. 12-hour shifts may be demanding and tiring,
  to the point that you may have to speak to others
  about it or feel similarly encouraged. Friends
  from work are ideal for meeting both of these
  requirements. Theyll be with you at work, and
  theyll probably know more about your
  circumstances than your partner or closest
  non-work buddies. This is due to the fact that
  they may be performing 12-hour shifts with you.

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5. Take a Vacation

• There are a never-ending number of reasons to
  take a holiday, notably if you work 12 hours a
  day. Theres no smarter method to recharge your
  cells and rebalance your brain and body than to
  take an extended break from work. Even if you
  enjoy your job, lengthy shifts can drain you in
  manners that only a long break will alleviate.
  Youll probably return with a fresh perspective
  and a much more relaxed body, making you more
  equipped for your long hours.

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6. Adjust Your Routine

• In most of the cases, you survive 12 hour
  shifts continues for 3-4 days a week so you will
  have an ample amount of time to adjust your
  routine and maintain a schedule. You will have
  more off days than other people working in
  different companies. So plan your days
  accordingly and keep your off days refreshing and
  rejuvenating.

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Conclusion

• These were few points to keep you fresh during 12
  hour shifts. If you are looking for some reliable
  place which can get you a good nursing job then,
  contact the best nursing agency in Melbourne.
  There are so many nursing jobs in Melbourne,
  which you can contact to get the best services.

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