Hello Nursing friends! It's official! I have survived my first night shift (EVER)! I was so anxious about switching from days to nights. I was googling and asking my friends how I should prepare and it seemed like the best advice was from friends, not the internet (haha). ps- I am posting this blog months after writing it, I have done many night shifts since! THE NIGHT BEFORE I tried so hard to stay up late, but I couldn't do it! I was so use to going to work early and going to bed early. I usually would go to bed around 9-10 PM on a regular 7A-7P shift. I made it until 12 midnight, and decided to go to bed. My advice- stay up a little bit later than normal, and as late as you possibly can. Don't stress your body out, if it needs sleep, go to sleep. There could be a chance you stay up late the night before and then cannot sleep in the next day. THE DAY OF I slept from 12-9A. Then I took 1.5 mg of Melatonin and took a nap from 11-2. I got ready for work around 5P an