Nurses General Nursing
Published Mar 10, 2005
131 members have participated
TLC RN
575 Posts
Do you work every other weekend or every third weekend or some other combination?
Tweety, BSN, RN
34,311 Posts
Every other weekend. That doesn't bother me a bit. A weekend could be Friday, Saturday, or Saturday and Sunday. We're self-scheduling so people do some strange things like work every Sunday instead. I work every other Saturday and Sunday. :)
dbsn00
234 Posts
We work every other weekend at my facility (Sat & Sun) - if you call in on the weekend then you're supposed to make it up the following weekend.
SmilingBluEyes
20,964 Posts
I work every Friday night. This suits my schedule and their weekend requirement.
Loving Life
56 Posts
I work every other weekend if I work eight hours, I work every third weekend if I work 12s
VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN
22 Articles; 9,987 Posts
I don't work ANY weekends, believe it or not. I've been working weekdays only for the past six months, and while I never really minded doing weekends, it IS nice to have a normal life of sorts. Of course, if a holiday falls on a weekday, I have to work, but otherwise it's a dream schedule.......Mon-Tues on, Wednesdays off, Thurs-Fri on, and then off Sat & Sun. :)
RN-PA, RN
626 Posts
WOW-- that IS a dream schedule. Do you work 8 or 12 hour shifts?
I work part-time, 3-11 and work every other weekend and every other Friday (and two weekdays included in a 2-week pattern). It's interesting that administration allows Friday 3-11 shifts to be used for casual (pool) worker's "weekend commitment" --they have to work at least a certain number of weekend days/month-- so does that mean I'm working almost every weekend if Friday 3-11's are considered weekend work???
I think a little phone call to HR may be in order...
PennyLane, RN
1,193 Posts
Every 3rd weekend, and two Mondays and/or Fridays every two week period.
LPNer
252 Posts
I work every Friday night, (which is Saturday) and an occassional Saturday night.
It's my choice since most of our ortho pts for the previous week have been D/C'd by Satuday afternoon. That makes Saturday night and Sunday nights prime for getting pulled!
webblarsk
928 Posts
I am on call 2 nights during the week and take call every 3rd weekend. (I work for hospice) We are fixing to hire a new nurse so call will be about once a month and 1-2 nights during the week.
camay1221_RN
324 Posts
I work every 4th weekend.
shopgal, RN
71 Posts
I work every weekend Fri, Sat, and Sun noc 7p - 7a It works with my school schedule.