Anyone work 3 12 hour days

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Hello, I am a second year nursing student. I am very interested in the OR and am a student member of AORN. I am aware that in the beginning I will have to work and train with my Preceptor 5 days a week, but I am hoping that after putting some time in I will be able to work 3 12s. Does anyone here work 12s, or know anyone who does in the OR? Thanks Alot.

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Specializes in PeriOperative.

Weekends are generally 12's. Most OR's don't run for 12 hours, so it might be hard to find that shift. There are a few nurses I work with who work 0630 to 1900, but we just have one or two of them per shift, because we also have an evening shift that starts at 1430.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

We have 2 who work 12s during the week and some of our weekend staff work 16 hours. Level 2 trauma, so we're staffed 24/7/365.

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Specializes in OR Hearts 10.

We have mostly 8"s, and a handful of folks that work 10's and 12's. Have a night crew that works 12's. An extra OR call crew and Heart call crew. Level II trauma, we can run 5 rooms (plus a heart room) at 1500 and 2 rooms (plus heart) at 1700.

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Specializes in OR.

We're staffed 24/7 and our shifts are pretty equally divided between 8s, 10s and 12s.

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Specializes in Systems Analyst, RN.

The OR I work in is also staffed 24/7 and we have staff on 8's, 10's, and 12's. Management is trying to reduce the number of 8 and 10 hour staff and is actually encouraging more 12 hour shifts (7a-7p, 11a-11p, 7p-7a). At this point we have mostly 10 and 12 hour staff.

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