24 hour shift as a CNA

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One 24 hour a week shift is possible as a CNA. Have any of you guys done this?

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No. Why would I want to do that? Just because something is possible doesn't mean it's a great idea. I wouldn't let anyone who is working a 24-hour shift take care of me or my loved one, and I bet most employers will be hard-pressed to even let you work one.

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Never heard of or seen advertised a 24 hour CNA position in my area. Doesn't sound like a good idea, in my opinion.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
No. Why would I want to do that? Just because something is possible doesn't mean it's a great idea. I wouldn't let anyone who is working a 24-hour shift take care of me or my loved one, and I bet most employers will be hard-pressed to even let you work one.

And pretty much a labor violation. :blink:

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I think 12-hour shifts are long enough. I can't imagine working a 24-hour shift.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

1) Super dangerous- to both you and your patients

2) Illegal

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And pretty much a labor violation. :blink:

Exactly.

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

I had a friend who worked two 16 hour shifts a week as a CNA for a short time. She burned out on that after 2.5 months. No idea why anyone would want to work a 24 hour shift each week. Seems like a good recipe for staff burn out and super-dangerous in terms of making mistakes by the end of the shift.

The only thing that I can think of that is even close is 24 hour live-in home care, I've seen some 24 hour shifts for CNAs there, but the CNA is legally required to have 7-8 hours of sleep time on the job; usually while the patient is sleeping, and cannot be woken more than 2x per night. I think the overall care level is usually lighter as well. I wouldn't take one of these jobs though as the pay is per shift rather than per hour, and compared to hourly jobs is actually LOWER when converted to an hour scale. (At least in my city).

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Specializes in Long term care.

I did one 24 hour shift in a private home years ago. I was allowed to sleep between the hours of 10pm and 6am. During those hours I was asleep I was paid less. I had to be available to wake up and provide care when the client was awake. I slept on a couch in the livingroom. If I was up during my "sleep time" because my client was up, I was paid my "awake" rate.

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At my job you can't work past a a16/ double. I've done it a few times, after 13hours I'm done with the whole place lol

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I don't think you are allowed to do that? The most hours a person can work, I believe, is 16 hours, no more than that.

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Specializes in Aged care, disability, community.

I used to regularly do 24 hour shifts when I worked in disability services. I did the 1400-2200 then the sleepover, then the 0600-1400. The majority of these shifts were looking after clients who were relatively independent and I was mainly there to do cook meals, drive them to and from appointments and work and make sure they had had showers etc. The only place that this happened where there were more high care clients was one place where there were 2 staff on over night. One did the sleepover bit in the 24 hour shift and the other one did a regular night shift. The sleepover person was only there for if things went south with one of the clients.

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