getting hours

[mvm2]

My husband had recently lost his full time job so I have been trying to add hours and clients to try to help our situation.

I work with clients that I range from 2 hours 4hours and 8 hours. I just got done working 13 days straight to get 40 hours. It can be hard sometimes in home care to get your hours without working a lot of days.

I can not help but think I could work less then 4 daysin a hospital or at the most 5 days in a LTC and make 40 hours.

But then the up side of home care hours is that I get to adjust my hours and days as things change in family life. So I can not say the stricked hours of hospitals and LTCs appeal to me either so I guess it is like anything.... take the good with the bad

So needless to say I am going to enjoying this Mother's Day. I am getting take out from a resteraunt because I don't feel like sitting in a crowded restaurant. I'm going to just sit and have a day without thinking of work for tomorrow I'll be at the beginning of a 13 day stretch once again.

[NikthePNstudent]

I'm not entirely sure if this is a question, but here's my 2 cents.

I can only speak from my own experience, which is the following:

I've worked in LTC as a CNA for over two years and what I can tell you is that there are always opportunities to get overtime. However, there's a reason that there are always hours available: The work is difficult and there's a high turnover rate. But if you need the money, and can handle the workload, you can have all the hours you could want. I once knew a CNA that would work doubles whenever the opportunity presented itself (which was pretty much every day) and would go home with a nice chunk of change on payday, but I don't recommend working doubles all the time because it's detrimental to your own health and puts your residents at risk.

So, if you need hours and you need them now, I would recommend getting a job at a LTC. I'm not sure about hospitals, but what I've heard from other CNA's in my neck of woods is that they don't get many hours because as the census declines the CNA's are usually the first to get their hours cut.

Good luck! :)

[mvm2]

Thank you Nick. This was not so much a question but just talking how different home care hours are compared to other areas.

I had to work 13 days straight to make 40 hours compared to LTC is usually 5 days if they have 8 hour shifts. I had to work over double the time to get the hours

[Missingyou, CNA]

If you need added income but want to continue having flexible hours you could work per diem at LTC or hospitals all while keeping your home care job.

The LTC where I work only requires that you work 8 hours a month and keep up your inservices if you are per diem. You are given a list at the beginning of every month to select the shifts that you want. No holidays, no weekends unless you choose them.