Hey! I finished my nursing school about 12 years ago and worked on a ICU for about two years after nursing school as a RN.
Moved to a different country and now I am working at a facility for disabled people.
I work only nightshift and we have to be awake all night in case emergency but honestly, I never had an emergency. My clients sleep all night.
My base income is very high and in addition I get nightshift bonus, so I am getting a lot of money that isn’t taxed at the end of the month either because in this country shift differential (night, sundays, holidays) isn’t taxed.
I don’t know I am doing this since two years and if I’d lay down on a couch no one would ever know.
Should I keep going or say something? My Nightshift coworkers don’t do anything either but they just keep quiet. And if I am honest I think the dayshift doesn’t do a lot either. Our clients really dont need a lot of assist… it’s kind of weird getting paid for this job.
It is a good job.
If you are from the US that might be why it feels weird. Keep saving.
And being there is what these folks need for when they need you. And you need them. So don’t just go sleep on the couch. Once the late nights start to interfere with your health it is time to give up that shift to someone younger.
Until then you are on the good foot. Keep caring for them and yourself. Save your monies. And take up life affirming activities outside of work.
And keep being my hero.
Beautiful.