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how much overtime would you be able to work if you wanted?

Specializes in NICU Level III.

All I wanted..but I do not want!

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Overtime is in abundance where I work. I worked 72 hours last week for example and still got asked to stay over to help the day shift! And that is just my floor. I called our staffing office earlier tonight to see if other floors had any OT and there were so many I told the staffing rep to stop naming them all. He just laughed and said yeah if you want to work tonight you have plenty of floors to chose from. I decided to take the night off.

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Good to hear there is plenty of overtime available if wanted.

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They avoid OT at my LTC as much as possible. If you pick up a open shift and a prn or part-timer picks it up you will be cancelled. You can't switch with someone if it results in OT. If you are in OT and census is low you go home first...Happy Holidays!

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Specializes in ER, OR, PACU, TELE, CATH LAB, OPEN HEART.
I never do OT, I just work part time as is. I just do not need to work more.

Isn't it wonderful to be at that point in life???

In my state nurse may only work 16 hours and must have 8 hours off in 24 hours. No more than 60 hours a week total. That means 7.5 eight hour shifts, or 5 twelve hour shifts, or 6 ten hour shifts.

Happy Thanksgiving all.

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Specializes in Paramedic.

As much as i can get with out causing a divorce lol

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I need a little clarity. I am currently in nursing school so I don't really understand the politics of nursing pay. Is overtime paid time and a half even though you are salary? How do you report hours for pay?--do you submit hours?

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Specializes in neurology, cardiology, ED.
I need a little clarity. I am currently in nursing school so I don't really understand the politics of nursing pay. Is overtime paid time and a half even though you are salary? How do you report hours for pay?--do you submit hours?

Most staff RN's are not salaried. It's a clock in and out kind of position. Facilities pay you overtime based on state law, or union contract, whichever is stricter ie: my facility is union, we get time and a half after our shift: I work 12's, so if I stayed an hour late, I'd get OT for that hour, even if it's the only shift I worked that week. My husband's facility is not union, they get OT after 40, even if they work 16 hours in one day, it's all straight pay. In california, where it is state law that you get OT after 8 hours, that is the rule. I don't know what they do for 12 hour shifts there...

To answer the original question, plenty of OT available right now due to the holidays. I got called yesterday and today (chose not to answer my phone both times) but went in for an extra shift on Tuesday. I should probably do more while it's available, because next week we go back to the usual...

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Most staff RN's are not salaried. It's a clock in and out kind of position. Facilities pay you overtime based on state law, or union contract, whichever is stricter ie: my facility is union, we get time and a half after our shift: I work 12's, so if I stayed an hour late, I'd get OT for that hour, even if it's the only shift I worked that week. My husband's facility is not union, they get OT after 40, even if they work 16 hours in one day, it's all straight pay. In california, where it is state law that you get OT after 8 hours, that is the rule. I don't know what they do for 12 hour shifts there...

To answer the original question, plenty of OT available right now due to the holidays. I got called yesterday and today (chose not to answer my phone both times) but went in for an extra shift on Tuesday. I should probably do more while it's available, because next week we go back to the usual...

Thank you so much for answering my question. I didn't know that most RN positions are hourly. As a new RN student I have so much more to learn.

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