Can ER Nurses work an 8 hour shift?

Salterham79 · Oct 13, 2009 11:42 PM

Hi,
I want to work in the ER but I have two small children. Can ER nurses request to work 8 hour shifts? Or do most ER nurse have to work 12 hour shifts? Thanks

*elkpark* · Oct 14, 2009, 12:03 AM

Depends on the individual facility.

*hypocaffeinemia* · Oct 14, 2009, 12:14 AM

ER nurses can work any shift their employer will allow. I know at my facility there's one nurse that picks up a 4 hour 1900-2300 shift twice a week. They call this shift the "princess shift".