Is this type of schedule common?

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The type of schedule I'm referring to is where one would work 2 weeks on and then be off for 2 weeks and then the cycle starts again; or work 3, 4, 5, 6 weeks etc. and be off that same amount of weeks that was worked? Catch my drift? Is there variations to this type of scheduling? Any nurses with this type of scheduling? Thank You!

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I'm sitting here trying to think how they get around the 40 hour work week OT as per fair wage and labor....you are either 8/80/2wk or 40/hr/wk. Even if they are 8 hour shifts...that's 112 hours. Unless they pay OT.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

I knew a nurse who would work eighty hours one week and had the next week off for child custody reasons. I don't think she was a bedside nurse.

However, I do know that CRNAs sometimes work this schedule.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

Federal laws exempt healthcare facilities and allow a 14 day pay period without overtime for 80 hours and less.

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Specializes in Pedi.
Federal laws exempt healthcare facilities and allow a 14 day pay period without overtime for 80 hours and less.

Healthcare facilities are NOT exempt from the FLSA. What you are describing is the "8 and 80" rule and it only applies if the employer also pays overtime after 8 hrs in one day.

http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/otcalc/doc7j.asp

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Federal laws exempt healthcare facilities and allow a 14 day pay period without overtime for 80 hours and less.
right and this is 112. As Kell said this is the 8/80 rule. They hav eto pay for anything over 8 hours in a day or over 80 hours in 2 weeks
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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

This is going to get complicated with federal and state laws.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Yep, I always kid that on my weekend (3 12's in a row), they're darn lucky I remember to put pants on before I come!!

I do three in a row and I am whipped, I don't even consider 4 days consecutive, ever. Not worth it to me.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Two weeks in a row would not be realistic.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

One scheduling option at one place I worked was 3 12s, then 3 days off, 3 12s on, then 3 days off, etc. I tried it and never felt quite rested enough. I ended up working 12 hour shifts that ran from 7 pm --> 7 am Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday every week, unless I chose to use personal days or vacation time. By agreeing to work every Friday meant I fulfilled my "weekend" duty.

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