Average Hrs a CNA works per Week!

Currently I am working 32 hours (which is all I want to work, anything over 30 hours is considered full time at my facility).

It's generally pretty easy to find both full time and part time positions around here. In addition, there are a LOT of call-ins, so if you want more hours, you can tell the scheduler that you'd be interested in picking up extra. I've never had a problem.

I work 40 hours a week. The opportunity for overtime rarely presents itself (which is contrary to what I've heard about most nursing homes), but I've taken on extra hours a few times. 40 is enough to pay the bills though. If I had to work more than that on a regular basis I would probably start to go crazy.

We work on a two-week rotational schedule and right now I'm scheduled for 10 days every two weeks....but that doesn't mean much because the last few weeks we have been understaffed and I ended up working my days off. I have actually put in 7 days in a row a couple of times, got 1 or 2 days off, then back to work for 3 or 4 days.

Now we have two new CNA's and we are overstaffed, so some people will be going home (we are only allowed 7 CNA's on second shift). You have to come in, see who is there, and then they take volunteers to go home. Sometimes we will have 8 - 10 people scheduled to work.

I only work 36. If I wanted to work overtime I could.

34 hours a week for me....I could get more hours but 34 hours is enough for me.

$15-20/hr is NOT likely. $20/hour as an LPN is good. I'm in the NW burbs of Chicago, and CNAs here tend to start at 9.50-10.50/hr.

I make 9.50 and get 40 hours a week.

My facility offers a weekend option program where i work 6am-6 pm on saturday and sunday. So i work 24 hours, but get a shift incentive of $76 for working all weekend. So i only have to work 2 days a week. They also offer an "on-call" program where you pick 2 extra shifts a week to be on call and if someone calls in they call you. You can only refuse to come once a year, but for doing that you get a $2 pay raise.

I have also never heard of CNA's making $15 an hour. I live in a small town and they start you off at $7. I was offered a job at a BIG hospital and they were offering $12 to start.
Good luck!