weekend nights

[quinnila]

I work nights which includes q other weekend. Our weekends are Sat/Sun for all shifts.

If you work weekend nights what does that mean in your hospital?

Sat/Sun or Fri/Sat?

[mom2michael, MSN, RN, NP]

Night shift weekends are Fri/Sat/Sun

Day shift weekends are Sat/Sun

We self schedule and for day shift in a 6 week period we are required to work 4 weekend shifts, 2 Mondays and 2 Fridays

For night shift we are required to work 4-6 weekend shifts (depends on staffing, we have a lot of night weekend workers) per 6 week schedule and we don't have the Monday rule on night shift.

We get a 10% shift diff for working 7-10:30 p and then from 10:30-7:30 am we get 20%. No diff for working weekends unless you are on the weekend program only - then you get another 20%.

[RN4NICU, LPN, LVN]

Night shift weekends are Fri/Sat

Day shift weekends are Sat/Sun

Differentials are $5/hr for w/e and $5/hr for nights (so a weekend night shift differential is $10/hr).

Every other weekend is the official rule, but that doesn't get followed too closely - some nurses do three weekends together and then take the next three off, some nurses get PRN nurses to work for them on the weekends (or split a shift with them), some night shift nurses work every friday night and no Saturday nights - the variations are almost endless. It isn't always "exactly fair", but most everyone seems happy with it.