Expectations vs. Reality

Expectation
Patients sleep in the hospital
Reality
No one gets a good night's sleep. Ever.

Expectation
If there's an empty bed at 7pm, it should be occupied by 9.
Reality
The room doesn't get cleaned so there's either a person sitting in the hallway for hours or an admission at 2am that needs admission orders from a doctor who is at home fast asleep.

Expectation
The cute 85 year old woman who is going home in the morning will be your easy patient
Reality
The sun goes down, she gets confused, and you're in her room all night trying to make sure she doesn't try to go back to Beverly Hills in the year 1900.

Expectation
I'll bring healthy food to work and maintain a good diet.
Reality
I get home from work so hungry, tired, and unmotivated that I eat a donut and 3 cookies for dinner/breakfast

Expectation
Sunlight
Reality
I wake up in the dark, I go to work in the dark, I drive home in the sun but promptly shut the blinds so I can sleep.

Expectation
Productivity on my nights off
Reality
Actually, it's half and half. I've been productive on some nights, but there was also a night where I had a Netflix marathon of White Collar.

Expectation
Becoming a zombie on night shift
Reality
Surviving nicely on night shift but having a hard time adjusting back to a day schedule.

Expectation
Living the dream and loving it
Reality
Living the dream and loving it

See ya soon!