I work nights and I love it. Less carpet dwellers (AKA management) people/ pt's are sicker, ER staff are more mellow, cops are a lot more laid back, all in all people are a lot calmer and there is less traffic to deal with.
A huge upside for me is that I have issues sleeping at night when it's dark, not that I am afraid of the dark s such, I just can't shut down and relax but I can lay down in a bed and be out cold in day light.
The down side of working nights and having issues with sleep deprivation is that when you have to do something "normal" like go to the doctor its in the middle of the night as it were and that sucks.

When I worked I always preferred days. I can't work at night. Although when I was a truck driver I could do what I had to anytime. Go figure. I think the best people hangout in truck stops. Studies have shown that most people who work nights are mentally asleep on the job.

Tommymott, it is funny you say that. I have a friend I used to work with on days and she swears that I would run calls with her while still asleep as I never remembered being on the call after! I was providing care and driving an ambulance bear in mind! Scary huh!!!

i worked about 5 years nights in the ER...honestly, I love nights and evenings too. I love the hopeful 0430 to 0530 lull...and lack of suits. It was the sleep problems that killed me, despite blackout shades, blindfolds, room air conditioner running, ear plugs and benadryl.

I knew a nurse who could chart standing up in her sleep...of course it made no sense at all!

I prefer day shift but only if it starts early like five or six o'clock. I feel like I have so much more time even though there is not but love getting off work at 2pm or 3pm.

The only time I've worked full night shifts is when I worked security on a nightclub door. I loved the job and the people I got to meet. I'd love to work nights again as I'm a night owl

I think I am a creature of habit, so I prefer working during the day, only because working at night throws me all off and I can't sleep during the day.

I prefer day shifts, as I get the evenings to myself. Most of the people at my work who do nights are a little strange to say the least.

I work lates. 3: 30 pm to 2:30 am and i MUCH prefer that to daylight hours,

Night shift is cool too. Nicer people. But it makes me sick :(

london being a large city has a huge shift change, l was flying early and being a day worker was half asleep it was still dark around 5am and the dawn shift were on the move silently but l never had so many good mornings or smiles l never knew so many people were up then lol