Overtime, how much?

[anotherone]

How much overtime do you work? What are your regular hours? 40 or 36 or less? how do you do your overtime?(extra hours on scheduled shift or extra days)

My facility is pretty short staffed frequently and a lot of the staff does A LOT overtime. ( up to 30 hours a week for one nurse!!!! on top of her 40). I don't like doing it and feel like the rest of the staff gets disappointed/angry when I don't thus leaving them short. Some people do a 2-3 16 hour shifts and a 12 a week. Or 4 twelves. 3twelves and a 16. all sorts of combos amounting to more hours than what they were hired for (36 or 40). In nursing (med surg) is it expected you work a certain amount of overtime?Like in certain jobs/fields it is expected employees work overtime. Is it like this everywhere? are you looked down as the lazy nurse who won't do more than 40 hours a week if you don't work overtime?

[casi, ASN, RN]

As little as possible. I work 64hr/2wk, and anything much over that is too much for me. Working constant overtime would make me a lot less effective as a nurse.

If day shift is short and need a nurse for a couple of hours I'll stay and help out if I can, because I'm not going to screw over my co-workers, but I wont do more than a 12 hour shift and this rarely happens.

[mrsshifflette09]

I try to do 1-2 shifts per pay period as well, only because my husband is in school and I am the sole income. We have plenty of overtime shifts, but I don't judge people who dont do them, I just really need them! So the more openings, the better it is for me!!!