QUESTION FOR CLINICAL 12 HOUR CO OPS: i'm starting next week and i still don't know how to go about packing for meals. what do you pack? how much food and what kind of food? is there a microwave or oven?? what about night shifts? please help.
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On my unit there was a fridge and a microwave. I would say pack lots of small easy snacks (granola bars, bag of chips, crackers, etc) and then one big meal for your lunch/dinner break. For night shifts I ate a big dinner before work and then was usually ok with just small snacks throughout my shift, then ate a big breakfast when I got off then slept. But everyone is different, u will figure out what works for you!
thank you sooo much!! were you in tufts mgh or somewhere else?
okk thank you!!
I was at BI and we had a microwave and fridge. For day shifts I’d pack a breakfast to eat at like 9 am, lunch for 1 pm ish and then a small snack. Night shifts I’d eat a dinner before and then “breakfast” at like 3 am lol with snacks between.
We also had a hot water faucet but idk if all places have that