Running out of sleep
Twitter made me know events of people’s lives in and out of their homes and work place. I really praised to the full extent whoever authored Twitter. He is a genius. I can say what I want and interact with people I don’t even know in all walks of life 24/7. While I followed people in the medical field, I learned these were the usual posts they included.
Twitter post1: # lack of sleep
Twitter post2: # burnt out
Twitter post3: # sleeping in classroom
Twitter post4: # need a break
Twitter Post5: # take a nap
Twitter post6: # exhausted
Twitter post7: # graveyard shift
Why is it such a usual event in medical people’s lives? Someone asked me in twitter how much is the ideal sleep for medical students? I can only say the normal sleep pattern of a normal person but not an ideal sleep of a medical student. Perhaps, it depends. Some have made an idea of how to manage their time well so as to have a normal sleep pattern but I guess it’s not an 8 straight sweet and sound sleep.. So why are people getting into medical school anyway if only to be exhausted and experience lack of sleep? I recently read a tweet and in fact I re-tweeted it that some nurses react with little sleep. I have read the full article and one line there stated ” Some nurses are better than others at remaining alert during successive 12-hour shifts, U.S. researchers found. (http://bit.ly/9LW1Od). So I guess in some people little sleep can somewhat help to be alert in their respective work areas.
Therefore, I guess it’s just a matter of managing time or learning to adapt the pattern of work or study schedules. It may be hard to deal with it at first but probably will be use to it in the later time.
blog by: B. Bustamante BSN, RN
