Can Nurse Assistant Managers and Nurse Managers work 3 days?

[PrincessAlexis]

Hello Everyone, I was just wondering if Nurse Assistant Managers and Nurse Managers are able to work 3 days a week too? Because I keep noticing that a lot of them work 5 days a week.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Probably not. In my facility, most of the managers put in well over 40 hours per week. Some are not that great at maintaining a great work-life balance. But how is it possible to get to all of the meetings that need to be held (where you need to meet with all the 9-5ers), maintain a firm grasp on how the unit is working, and do all those other managerial duties if only working 3 days per week, even if they are longer shifts?

[MunoRN, RN]

Nurse managers are typically salaried, and as a result it's not unusual for them to have to work well over 40 hours a week. Ours work about 65 hours a week, they split weekend coverage but that still means they usually work 6 days per week. On an hourly basis they get paid less than many of the floor nurses they oversee.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

It's hard to manage a unit without having a comprehensive 24/7 understanding of the unit.

[klone, MSN, RN]

Unlikely, unless they are job sharing, and they work separate days from each other. Managers have lots of meetings, and are typically expected to be there when administration is there (which is M-F 8-5). I typically work 7-5, M-F. If I could work 4 12s, that would rock. But it's not gonna happen.

[WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN]

In a hospital or other 24/7 care facility, probably not. I was a head nurse in an outpatient facility and I did 4 9s with a half day on Friday for my admin time. I was always on the floor for procedures during my longer days.

[Scottishtape]

Our NM works 5 days a week.

We have 2 ANMs, who work 3 days a week because they work opposite days from each other so that one is always available during the week.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

Not at my hospital. They're expected to be there 5 days per week and keep hours that let them be seen by both shifts.

[SmilingBluEyes]

You notice them working 5 days a week because that is at least what it takes to be a manager. It's a lot like herding cats; the work is never done. And it's not for the faint of heart.

[SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN]

Hello Everyone, I was just wondering if Nurse Assistant Managers and Nurse Managers are able to work 3 days a week too? Because I keep noticing that a lot of them work 5 days a week.

Assistant Nurse Managers

Yes, within a hospital setting it is possible where 1 Assistant Nurse Manager works 3 days a week 8 hour shifts and his/her counterpart works 4 days per week 8 hour shifts.

Nurse Managers

No, Nurse Managers work 5 days per week and must be available 24 hours per day 7 days per week. Those that are not available in this way are noticed by all (higher ups, peers, and subordinates) and are well, rooted out at some point because they are not effective at their jobs.

[LibraSunCNM, BSN, MSN, CNM]

At the hospital where I worked at as a floor nurse, the nurse managers worked M-F, 8-5 or thereabouts, but assistant nurse managers worked 12 hour shifts, and most units had one ANM on days and one on nights. On nights when your unit's ANM wasn't on, another ANM from a unit in your same service would cover you. That way there was always leadership around, 24/7. It worked nicely, and I think the ANMs liked keeping the 12 hour shifts.

[FurBabyMom, MSN, RN]

My managers, in each health care job, have all been day shifters. One of my managers when I worked the floor as a nurse was especially useful during non-working hours, the other was not. When I worked as an assistant, our manager was not at all helpful to us at all but part of that was life in the float pool (truly impossible to have a personal relationship with someone who sees you twice a year for 15 minutes each time). My current manager will sometimes end up in staffing during day shift, and while on call. I don't think it's at all common or likely for managers to work 3 days a week and be effective in the ways they need to be.