Hey, Mr. Dog....I hear ya loud and clear! I 'only' work 8 hour shifts, and LTC at that. However, I have worked all 3 shifts at some time in the past 7 + years, and I know how each shift goes. On Midnights, there is one of me, and 4-5 aides, and I can tell ya, 6 am IS the witching hour. (Or maybe it is that 'unmentioned' time riiiiight before shift change.) Either way, things do happen then: Lab comes in, call offs, people tend to bump themselves getting up....day shift has to realize that things 'seem' to happen on the supposedly more slower shifts, and just when it is getting busy. Cheeze Louise!
'Cat'