What Is It Like Working the Day Shift as a Unit Secretary?

 Many new Unit Secretaries always want to know what it is like working the day shift. It's busier than the night shift, and you will do things that the night shift will not. You will check and/or enter doctor orders into the computer. You will be there when Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner are served to the patients. You will call and order food trays.Patients will go off the floor for...

Work Shifts and the Unit Secretary

The work hours for a Unit Secretary vary. When I first started (a long time ago), I worked from 3pm-11pm, 5 days a week. Towards the end of my working there, they started phasing in 12 hours shifts (7am-7pm or 7pm-7am, 3 days a week). A few Unit Secretaries worked 4 days a week (two 12 hour shifts and 2 8 hour shifts). Today, I think most of the Unit Secretaries work three 12 hour...