CNA's - What hours do you work?

Loloberry · Aug 21, 2011

I work 7-7 and was lucky enough to get hired on days. I only work three days a week(still full time) and I work every other Saturday with Sundays off. I work in a hospital and I love it!

jas_m1 · Aug 21, 2011

I work morning shift. I'm on rotation..So i'll work 5 days on, one day off, or 4 days on, two days off..or two days on and one day off..it's always different, but I'm full time.

southernbelle29 · Aug 22, 2011

I work in a hospital on the Oncology Unit. I work three twelve hour shifts a week. No weekends as we have a Baylor staff. I live in NC an I know that most of the hospitals around here tend to use 12 hour shifts in their scheduling. We also have a float pool of CNA's and their shifts are all different. Some work twelves. Some even work M-F eights with every other weekend. I think it really just depends on each facility.

mynhii · Aug 22, 2011

Is there any advantage of working weekends instead of only weekdays?

fuzzywuzzy, CNA · Aug 22, 2011

Not really. Usually there is a shift differential but not much. People usually only work weekends because they are forced to because of facility policy, lol. Or they're busy with school during the week and the weekends are their only option.

Some places have a baylor shift but I think those are few and far between. That's when you work 12 hour shifts on the weekend and get paid for 8 extra hours that you didn't work. That might be worth it to some people.

To me the only good thing about working on the weekend is that management is not there and everything is a bit quieter.

mynhii · Aug 22, 2011

fuzzywuzzy said:
Not really. Usually there is a shift differential but not much. People usually only work weekends because they are forced to because of facility policy, lol. Or they're busy with school during the week and the weekends are their only option.
Some places have a baylor shift but I think those are few and far between. That's when you work 12 hour shifts on the weekend and get paid for 8 extra hours that you didn't work. That might be worth it to some people.
To me the only good thing about working on the weekend is that management is not there and everything is a bit quieter.

Thank you very much for your answer.

If I'm lucky to get a CNA job after finishing the program, I will take it seriously. This seems to be the only way that I can gain healthcare experience. Certainly my long term goal is to become a surgical technician, sterile processor, or medical coder. I will definitely need my weekdays off at least in the morning to study and do clinical training.

If the situtation is like what you tell me, I hope I will be forced to work on all weekends, so I don't have to worry about the time for studying my classes.

blackbird singing · Aug 24, 2011

Mostly 7a-7p and 3-11p, mixed up as wherever needed...I'm not in school for the next year. Also, every third weekend 7a-7p Saturdays and Sundays. Working in hospital on med/surg.

mynhii · Aug 24, 2011

blackbird singing said:
Mostly 7a-7p and 3-11p, mixed up as wherever needed...I'm not in school for the next year. Also, every third weekend 7a-7p Saturdays and Sundays. Working in hospital on med/surg.

Certainly when you work in a facility or hospital for a long time, you can switch different shifts as you wish, can't you? For me, if I do that, perhaps no employer even wants to hire me.

blackbird singing · Aug 25, 2011

mynhii said:
Certainly when you work in a facility or hospital for a long time, you can switch different shifts as you wish, can't you? For me, if I do that, perhaps no employer even wants to hire me.

Well, as is now, I pretty much make my own schedule, as long as I do 36 or 40 hours per week and work every third weekend. That's just the policy. We fill out our own schedule and then if needed, it gets changed (which doesn't happen very often, and if it does, they call to verify with us). I just don't want to work nights, I prefer days. And, I prefer 12s over 8s.

mynhii · Aug 25, 2011

blackbird singing said:
Well, as is now, I pretty much make my own schedule, as long as I do 36 or 40 hours per week and work every third weekend. That's just the policy. We fill out our own schedule and then if needed, it gets changed (which doesn't happen very often, and if it does, they call to verify with us). I just don't want to work nights, I prefer days. And, I prefer 12s over 8s.

When you applied for your job, did your employer tell you which schedule needed to be filled? I assume that when a nursing home hires us, they expect new employees to work around certain shifts they want.

blackbird singing · Aug 25, 2011

mynhii said:
When you applied for your job, did your employer tell you which schedule needed to be filled? I assume that when a nursing home hires us, they expect new employees to work around certain shifts they want.

She asked what I preferred and I said I would work anything, but I prefer days. They are extremely flexible, and I consider myself very lucky! I think in general they were in need of CNAs for any shift though. After I was hired, another person was hired for night shift.

Redcna · Aug 25, 2011

I work 12 hours a day, 3 days a week. 72 hours per pay at a hospital