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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Previous poster who works in the ED (and ICU). The work is equally taxing in both departments so make sure you take care of yourself.

Maybe decide that on your work days your DH does ALL pickups and dinners and laundry. Etc.

You do the drop off and go in a little early since you are up and out anyway and you aren’t going to sleep great the night before regardless. Maximize the early rounding on patients, get your orders for the morning into EPIC, schedule family care conference earlier, put that call into the neurologist earlier in the morning because he is lame about returning calls promptly, and then get out sooner in the afternoon yourself. Even if you are still on call and have to answer the phone at home. On those days, your DH is on at home and does pick up and everything else. You are “on” at your hospital those days so don’t be “on” at home or you will kill your health. Lay low at home and let him step up. Don’t overfunction at home. [/quote]

OP here. I really appreciate your input. Unfortunately, I have a hard start at 7:30am to signout the overnight team. I literally cannot get my kid to school and get to work at 7:30. Since I'm out of the house before everyone else is out of bed anyhow, it just makes sense that I go in even earlier to do exactly what you suggest. That puts me in a good position to do pickups. But dropoffs are off the table on my work days.

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OP once again. I should also say, we do have a very nice division of labor right now. And my husband truly isn't a jerk. I'd love to "turn off" after my call nights or extra long shifts, but, I find that if I push through when I'm not totally drained, once or twice a month when I say I really, really need to just turn everything over to him and sleep, it's not a problem. 
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