Whether It's An Operation or Court Date, Things Go Better In The Morning

SeaBreeze

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Do you agree with this? I recently heard that most careless mistakes in the operating room, doctors office or hospital are made in the afternoon, as opposed to the mornings. They advised that if you have any control over what time you have a procedure done, it should be in the morning hours where workers are shown to be more alert and efficient. This is also said about court dates, you're likely to do better in a court of law in the morning, so the judge isn't tired and already angry over earlier trials.

Did you ever experience an example of this? I can't personally think of one myself, but haven't had many operations or courtroom trials. :)
 

I think it may be true. When I worked I seemed to have more energy, things seemed to go more smoothly and I was more patient with the people around me than towards the end of the day. I also just read that on TV there is a show called Shark Tank,folks come with their ideas and try to get financial backing. The article stated that they taped several in one day. Toward the end of the day more were turned down than at an earlier hour.
 
I've watched that show Ruth, and I can believe that happening.
 

Well, for whatever it's worth, I like to play the Lumosity games on my computer every day if possible. They wake up my mind and stimulate quicker and more imaginative thinking. I've found that my scores are always higher in the morning. If I take the tests toward evening, when I am tired, I invariably get lousy scores. So... yes, schedule your surgery for early in the day!
 
When I was employed I would work straight from 7 AM to 1 PM without a break. I did that because I knew I was rather useless in the afternoon even if I did not eat a heavy lunch. I must remember this in case I ever need an operation.
 
I think there are alot of clock watchers in the workforce regardless of profession or industry. Many businesses are booked up in the morning and employees know/have motivation to complete a list of scheduled tasks. Without clear cut and well defined motivation many people can't get or stay motivated for the simplest things.

I also have had jobs where I got complaints from co workers for simply working after lunch or cut it close to quitting time. Many people would be ready for 15 minute clean up 15 minutes ahead of schedule which ment they did nothing the last half hour of the day. I've also gotten complaints for completing a priority job in the morning before the morning break/coffee.

Most people work to live, not live to work and cannot wait to get it over with. This is one reason you don't get stuff done on a Monday or Friday because half the workforce is depressed, hung over thinking about the last or next weekend-not the job at hand.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Do you agree with this? I recently heard that most careless mistakes in the operating room, doctors office or hospital are made in the afternoon, as opposed to the mornings. They advised that if you have any control over what time you have a procedure done, it should be in the morning hours where workers are shown to be more alert and efficient. This is also said about court dates, you're likely to do better in a court of law in the morning, so the judge isn't tired and already angry over earlier trials.

Did you ever experience an example of this? I can't personally think of one myself, but haven't had many operations or courtroom trials. :)
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I think there is a lot of truth to this. I know that when I worked as a pilot for United, I always preferred the first flight out in the morning. Nothing worse for me than flying a red eye, but some pilots are just the opposite. They love the red eyes. When flying out of D.C., the winds early in the morning are usually out of the east, so we take off into the wind and then we get to see the sun rising as we break through the clouds and begin to make our turn back to the west while being out over the ocean. It's just beautiful.
 
I used to work at a local hospital for 27yrs as a pharmacy tech,my job was delivering narcotics to nursing units.There was a lot of walking,bending,lifting.It was a long day 7am-3pm
I agree,I was more alert&awake when I was doing my rounds in the morning
I was very conscientious in the job,it was stressful at times.The demands of the doctors and nurses didn't make the job any easier. I made some mistakes over the yrs,mostly counting errors ,wrong # of narcotics I put in the drawer{math is not my strong suit}. I would get a phone call from a nurse,would go back to unit and resolve the problem, apologizing.This usually happened in the afternoon when I was beginning to get tired Sue
 
Not for me. I am a late nighter. I always enjoyed working the 9:45 p.m.-6:00 a.m. shift. Most people thought that I enjoyed those hours because it's so quiet at night and overnight. Not so in my business. Those of us that worked that shift were normally fairly busy and not just drinking coffee and eating donuts, either.
 
My medical group will only schedule procedures at the crack of dawn, and surgeons only take afternoon appointments in their offices - surgeries til about 10am, hospital rounds til about noon, office visits when s/he damn well gets there.
 

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