[jsta_grl83]

Hi, I am a nursing student and I have been looking into nursing jobs. Recently I noticed a lot of home health and operating room jobs that were M-F. Is this common? Don't people need home nurses and operations on the weekends?

The other thing I was wondering is if its difficult to get a M-F job. When there is an opening say, at a clinic, is there fierce competition? Thanks for any information!

[BookwormRN]

Home health and OR jobs may be listed as M-F, but read the rest of the posting...They usually have on-call hours listed as well, because of course people need home health and operations on weekends.

[Thankfulnurse]

I would love to work M-F at my local health department. However, the pay sucks! So, i work 3-12 hour midnight shifts in a hospital.

[BookwormRN]

Originally Posted by Thankfulnurse

I would love to work M-F at my local health department. However, the pay sucks! So, i work 3-12 hour midnight shifts in a hospital.

Too true! I was offered a job at our local healthcare facility-county job-the pay they offered me was $3 less an hour than what I make with my evening differential. Not too bad, until you realize that that is their TOP pay step-I've only been an RN for a year and a half and I have several paysteps left at the hospital before I max out!!!

[carachel2]

Cardiac rehabilitation is a staff nursing job that is M-F, no holidays, no weekends. In fact, most programs work three or four 10-12 hour days and are not in office every single day of the week. The hourly pay will be the same as in the hospital, but you will be missing your shift diff or weekend diff. It is a GREAT and wonderful and fun job though and IMO every bit worth the tradeoff for little to no stress, no body fluids, no irate patients, no Dr's breathing down your neck, etc.

[calla2114]

Originally Posted by carachel2

Cardiac rehabilitation is a staff nursing job that is M-F, no holidays, no weekends. In fact, most programs work three or four 10-12 hour days and are not in office every single day of the week. The hourly pay will be the same as in the hospital, but you will be missing your shift diff or weekend diff. It is a GREAT and wonderful and fun job though and IMO every bit worth the tradeoff for little to no stress, no body fluids, no irate patients, no Dr's breathing down your neck, etc.

In my area you would not get a cardiac rehab job as a new grad. Most of our office jobs will not hire new grads either. I have heard wonderfull things about cardiac rehab, I am just saying our hospital req 2-3 ICU or tele experience before consideration.

[classicdame]

If you live in a large enough city you might consider working for specialty surgeons. I worked for eye surgeons and made more than hospital nurses. Another avenue is industry and school nursing - but I suspect the pay is not on top unless it is a managerial position (which you might not qualify for as yet). Keep your options open though. Things do change.

[carachel2]

Originally Posted by calla2114

In my area you would not get a cardiac rehab job as a new grad. Most of our office jobs will not hire new grads either. I have heard wonderfull things about cardiac rehab, I am just saying our hospital req 2-3 ICU or tele experience before consideration.

Oh definitely! At least two years of "putting in your time" on the telemetry or CCU floor. I was offered a job in CR as a new grad *but* I also had a degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology, so I had a lot of OTJ experience. I will say, I felt like I needed more experience so I worked CCU for almost two years and I am very thankful I did! Some of the patients in CR have more angina, more ST changes and more dysrhythmias than you will see when they are inpatients. It can get crazy! But I would still take a bad day in CR ANY day over a bad day on the floor.

[Spidey's mom]

Originally Posted by classicdame

If you live in a large enough city you might consider working for specialty surgeons. I worked for eye surgeons and made more than hospital nurses. Another avenue is industry and school nursing - but I suspect the pay is not on top unless it is a managerial position (which you might not qualify for as yet). Keep your options open though. Things do change.

Free standing surgery centers are M-F and don't do weekends or holidays. No on-call at all. This works really well for folks with kids.

steph

[TheCommuter]

I presently work Monday through Friday, from 6am to 2pm, at a local nursing home. I suppose I'm in the minority, but I cannot stand these daytime hours. Also, I don't particularly enjoy having to come to work 5 days per week.

For 2 years I did weekend double shifts. I would work two 16 hour shifts (1 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday). My employer paid me for a 40 hour week, and I always received 5 days off in a row unless I opted to work overtime during the week. My preference is for more days off, as opposed to coming into work all week.