Just wondering if anyone else is sick of working weekends??? I know I should have thought of that before I got into nursing...but you know...I didn't. Anyways...I'm tired of all my friends and family having the weekends off and doing things without me because I'm working..it sucks. I'm actually trying to break into the telephone triage or case management scene....to avoid the weekend thing. I'm really wanting to get into to a "non bedside" setting. Anyone know of a case management job in northwest wisconsin..LOL. I don't know ...I'm just sick of all of this...I've even been looking into different career options with "NO" weekends...yeah..I ..know..I'm sounding pretty sad and desperate now.....but to me, spending time with my husband, family, and friends is very important to me...and right now..that's not happening...and I hate it. I'm not really into the whole clinic scene..I just don't know what to do. If anyone has been following my posts in the recent past...I've actually thought a lot about going back to school for vet. tech. I loveeeeeeee animals and could totally see myself working in a sweet little 8 to 5 vet. clinic...unfortunately...I've heard the pay pretty much sucks...how can I go from a 24 dollar an hour job down to a 12 dollar a hour job...hmmmmm. Well..thanks for listening everyone...even though I rambled like crazy....just wanting to vent a little..if anyone has any words of wisdom for me...feel free to let me know...k?
I'm not only sick of working weekends, I'm sick of working a schedule that is not to my liking. I work 3 twelve's a week. The least I could have is two days on, three days off. I can't recuperate with two days off after working two long hard frustrating 12 hour plus shifts in a row. It takes me one and a half days to recuperate enough to take care of business at home. I'm becoming a recluse after I leave work. Don't want to hear any noise but my own, no phone ringing, no visitors knocking on the door, no reading, no cooking, NOTHING! I'm wiped out mentally, physically, and emotionally from all the crap dealt nurses today. This viewpoint is NOT... I repeat NOT...negative, but FACT about nursing today. It's wayyyyyyyyy too sad!
Ohhhhh to win the lottery! I'd quit in a heartbeat, buy me a beachhouse, and live out the rest of my days playing in the sand, writing books I dream of publishing, and doing whatever my heart desires to do. Ahhhhhhh...what a life that would truly be!
"I'm becoming a recluse after I leave work. Don't want to hear any noise but my own, no phone ringing, no visitors knocking on the door, no reading, no cooking, NOTHING! I'm wiped out mentally, physically, and emotionally from all the crap dealt nurses today."
Specializes in Med-surg; OB/Well baby; pulmonology; RTS.
Originally posted by cheerfuldoer
I work 3 twelve's a week. The least I could have is two days on, three days off. I can't recuperate with two days off after working two long hard frustrating 12 hour plus shifts in a row. It takes me one and a half days to recuperate enough to take care of business at home. I'm becoming a recluse after I leave work. Don't want to hear any noise but my own, no phone ringing, no visitors knocking on the door, no reading, no cooking, NOTHING! I'm wiped out mentally, physically, and emotionally from all the crap dealt nurses today. This viewpoint is NOT... I repeat NOT...negative, but FACT about nursing today. It's wayyyyyyyyy too sad!
That is why I stopped working full-time at my hospital....we would do 3 12s a week (sometimes in a row, sometimes not) or 4 if OT was mandatory....it would take all of my time off to rest up and then right back I went:rolleyes: Now I work pool/prn...I work 2 days a week and it is so much better...No, I don't see as much $$$ and I have to pay out the full amount for my insurance, but I am a lot more sane.....sometimes;)
I didn't mind weekends...things were a lot calmer most of the time and the docs seemed a little more mellow. I don't work them much anymore....
Specializes in OB, Telephone Triage, Chart Review/Code.
At the hospital where I work 7P-7A, the weekend is considered Fri and Sat. It is easier for me to work Sat and Sun. If I worked Fri and Sat, Sunday would NOT really be a day off for me because I would be sleeping it away. I really don't understand their thinking.
C'mon...we are professionals. Why can't we work a schedule that works for us as long as the shifts are covered? This is NOT kindergarten! Some only want to work every weekend. The incentive with weekends is the differential pay. If management could work with us, not against us, maybe there wouldn't be so much tension in the workplace. We have lives, too. If we don't take care of ourselves, who will? We KNOW we have to work 36 hours/week. Why not let us pick those shifts...AND I REPEAT....as long as the shifts are covered.
We fill in a monthly schedule that fits our needs. All shifts are covered. It is turned into the scheduler, and when it comes back, it is completely different and tempers flare!
At my stupid facility not only do we work every other weekend, (12 hour shifts) on the weekends we are off we must work the fri before and the monday after. I think this sucks and this is why I am looking for an"every third weekend" hospital. does anyone else suffer this insanity?????
any by the way there is NO shift differential for the weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.
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Shoot that is why I do perdiem. I work fewer weekends, and on my terms. And coupling my prn and night diff's always earned me good money, such that I only have to work 1-2 shifts/week to make pretty decent money. Also, we do get weekend diff's. (our union saw to the various differentials being made). So for years, I did EVERY Friday or SAt night to get the most "bang" out of that buck. I am just now getting off the nightshift grind....doing only dayshifts 1-2 days/week. Still getting that PRN and weekend diff is great.
Anyway you can do perdiem? If so, this may alleviate some of this for you. That or another employer possible?
No, I'm not fed up, even after almost 25 years. Ok, it's not ideal to work weekend, but that's the life I chose. I work every other. When I first began, we only had one of three off.
Same with holidays. I'd rather not work them, but someone has to. Why spend that much time hating something when that's what I signed up to do?
I work EVERY weekend, 12 hour shifts. It bothered me at first but now I don't think about what my family and friends are doing. My best friend is also a nurse so we have no problems getting together during the week. I can only have 4 weekends off per year. Now, that sucks.
I like weekends. Administration, nurse managers, etc don't come in on the weekends. It's relaxing compared to what M-F is like. Plus, I work 2 12 hour shifts and get full time benefits, and get paid for working 36 hours. But I'm young, I'm not married, no kids.
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Just wondering if anyone else is sick of working weekends???
To be perfectly honest, I love working weekends and wouldn't have it any other way. I have 5 days off in a row (Monday through Friday) and work two 16 hour double shifts on Saturday and Sunday. I am paid for a 40 hour week. This flexible schedule allows more days off and increased flexibility. I attend school at my local community college full-time and am having a ball up to this point.
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I'm not only sick of working weekends, I'm sick of working a schedule that is not to my liking. I work 3 twelve's a week. The least I could have is two days on, three days off. I can't recuperate with two days off after working two long hard frustrating 12 hour plus shifts in a row. It takes me one and a half days to recuperate enough to take care of business at home. I'm becoming a recluse after I leave work. Don't want to hear any noise but my own, no phone ringing, no visitors knocking on the door, no reading, no cooking, NOTHING! I'm wiped out mentally, physically, and emotionally from all the crap dealt nurses today. This viewpoint is NOT... I repeat NOT...negative, but FACT about nursing today. It's wayyyyyyyyy too sad!
Ohhhhh to win the lottery!
I'd quit in a heartbeat, buy me a beachhouse, and live out the rest of my days playing in the sand, writing books I dream of publishing, and doing whatever my heart desires to do. Ahhhhhhh...what a life that would truly be! 