10 Hour Shifts

[ecat81]

If There Is Any One On 10 Hour Shift In Their Ed Please Reply And Let Me Know What Your Rotation And Shift Times Are. We Are Looking At These Shifts But It Has Been A Struggle Trying To Get The Shift Times And Coverages To Work.

Thanks

[Midwest4me]

I don't work ED but in our hospital it's ONLY the noc shift that works the 10-hour shifts.(nurses work 4 10-hr shifts and have 3 days off each week). Those shifts are 10pm to 8 am. Day shift does 8-hour shifts(0630 to 1500) as does swing shift(1430 to 2300).

[MAISY, RN-ER, BSN, RN]

We no longer have varied shifts due to problems with staffing-13 hours only 6:30-7:30-advantages: 3 day weeks, 1 hour overlap-you finish what you can-new nurse picks up charting and new orders. inservices and meeting can be held for staff 10-30minutes, get to see and develop relationships with staff. We have one additional 13 hour shift 11a-12 p-floaters, second triage, second fast track. Hope this helps

[wjf00]

I dont work in an ER. But we have 10 hour shifts. The 10 hour shifts start earlier and provide break relief, they don't usually have an assignment.

[blueinplaid]

I may not be much help as I am not only new to the ten hour shift, but new to this hospital as well. I work in the ER and will be starting a 9 am to 7 pm shift, four days a week. i know there are 4 of us now that do this. Most of the rest of the staff work two twelve and two eight hour shifts, varying between 7 am-7 pm, where they work 7-3 pm as their 8 hr, the opposite for nights, and an 11 am to 11 pm shift, where their 8 hr is 3 pm to 11 pm shift, which is what i am getting off of this week. There is a 1 pm scattered in there I believe to assist someone who needs those particular hours for school. I know I like doing two twelves and two eights, so we will see how this ten hour will do! I know that our director is very flexible, citing that he retains his staff by trying to work with his nurses' schedules....I think there are those that do the twelve hour shift too. Our director says that he doesn't have a problem getting people to come in extra when staff knows that he works with their schedules....

hope this helps!:monkeydance:

[gonzo1, ASN, RN]

We use a couple of 10 hour shifts in our ER, mostly 9am-7pm. Covering the need for nurses in the ER is always a challenge and takes a lot of work. Somehow we never seem to get it right.