Why do hospitals wake you up every hour all night long, but no one comes by after 9am?

[NightWatcher]

Tired and cranky people want to know.

Poking and prodding and testing and beeping from 10p-7a. Dad's finally able to sleep more than an hour.

[PoliticAverse]

1. They aren't busy at night. n/t

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. Obviously...

...to give you you're sleeping pills (and other meds).

[MuseRider]

3. We have to have something to do

between hands of cards ya know. There could not possibly be a good, medical reason for that.

[pandr32]

4. If you share a room it could even be more often

...as they wheel in the machines and carts after you just managed to get back to sleep.

[zipplewrath]

5. A friend blocked the door

A friend of mine was taking the night shift while his dying mother was in the hospital. He finally took a chair and sat outside the room, blocking the door. Anyone came by he tried to work out a "schedule" to minimize the interruptions. He actually got it down to 1 nightly visit.

[Totally Tunsie]

6. Last time I was in, I asked the same question.

While the answer I got makes sense, it didn't make me happy.

They do all the blood work and vital signs testing through the night so that the results are ready and waiting when the doctors come in for their rounds in the morning. They're usually just there for the morning hours and don't wish to be delayed so that they can get in to their offices for the afternoon.

The patient's lack of sleep is for the doctor's convenience. Hmmph.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

7. Ya know vampires can only work at night...

Jk! All you that sweat every time you have to face my small, rolling veins are great.