How much vacation time do you get?

[NY Nurse]

Hi All,

I am a nursing student right now but I work full time at a hospital... I work in an administrative position. I currently get 24 vacation days a year. Yes, a lot... and I love it.

My question to all of you is... as a nurse... how many vacation days do you get? I love that I get so many vacation days and I will hate it if when I become a nurse I get less vacation days.

Thanks!

(Edit: Oh, I also want to ask... how long have you been working at your job to get that much vacation time? Did you get it automatically when you started your job?)

[NY Nurse]

4 weeks vacation, 2 weeks sick, 4 floating holidays.

I get unlimited sick time now. If I go down to 2 weeks sick time I will surely miss that. It is really nice knowing that if I need time to go to my doctor appointments I don't need to take it from a sick time balance.

[gwenith, BSN, RN]

6 weeks paid leave + 10 days sick leave + Long service leave (Kicks in after you have been there 10 years and you get 1 week per year for every year of service - cumulative )

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

I get 3 weeks my first year, plus some holiday,sick and personal time: nothing stellar. Then again, nothing too shabby either, judging by what my non-nursing friends get in the corporate world! I *think* the time off increases at three years, but not sure. Didn't matter.

They pay better than other places, I think, but they want you to BE there to EARN it!

[SmilingBluEyes]

As much as I want. I work Per diem! And I take PLENTY; life is short. I work and play hard.

[SmilingBluEyes]

It's amazing to me how much better people in Places like Australia do.......the workers in the USA definately work too hard and too long hours.

[clee1]

Depends on how much I work. I accrue PTO hours according to how many hours worked in a pay period.....pretty steady for full timers, can vary for parttimers or if overtime is worked.

Me too.

I have been on the job 94 days, and have already banked 60 hours worth of PTO.

Hey... I kinda like the thought of taking a day or two off now and then.

[Mithrah]

I accrue 8 paid time off (PTO) hours every two week pay period regardless of how many hours I worked. So that equals 208 hours a year, or 17.3 days off each year.

I hardly take PTO because I get to self schedule myself at work and I can schedule myself to have 9 days off in a row without taking time off. I just have to work 6 days in a two week pay period.

We get the option at Christmas time to cash out our PTO hours, but we have to keep available a min. of 40 hours worth.

PTO hours are also used as sick days.

[MemphisOBRNC, BSN, RN]

6+ weeks per year. Ours is also based on the hours worked and the number of years you have been at the hospital. I get 13% of my hours worked. WORKED is the key word here. In other words, I accumulate time on the productive hours but not the non-productive, i.e. vacation, sick time, bereavement etc.

[smilin_gp]

5 weeks for full time at the VA. Problem is, have to schedule around other people's PTO as a newbie, so I doubt I'll be able to use much for awhile.

[catlady, BSN, RN]

The last place I worked didn't give vacation for two years. After the first year, you could take a week, but if you left before the end of the second year, you had to pay it back. You had to work there five years before you got paid on your first sick day. Yeccch.

I've been on my new job for five weeks and already I have more time on the books than I had at that place.

[LeahJet, ASN, RN]

As much as I want. I work Per diem! And I take PLENTY; life is short. I work and play hard.

That is so true.

I don't think anyone will be on their deathbed thinking..."gee, wish I would've worked more!"

[Plagueis]

I get 12 days per year, and this is after a year of employment as a CNA. The LPNs and RNs here get the same amount of time, and this doesn't increase until after 10 years of employment, when it goes up to 15 days per year.