How long are your shifts?

Thanks!

I work at a non-trauma hospital:

8hours: 630 to 1500

10hours: 0630 to 1700

12hours: 0630 to 1900

We also have call, but it isn't that bad. 2-4 days of call per nurse, typically. The call is 24hours. No evening or night crew.

Like I said, it isn't a trauma hospital.

i work M,T,F 12 hour shifts, call every other weekend, and call 1-2 other days a week

Level 2 trauma hospital:

I work 0700 to 1900

Other shifts include

8hrs 0700-1500; 1100-1900; 1500-2300

10hrs 0700-1700

12hrs 0700-1900; 1100-2300; 1900-0700

A surgery center will have more normal hours with less call burden than a full service hospital OR. Carefully consider how you want your lifestyle to be. A full service OR may have 24 hr coverage shifts that you have to rotate through. Or, middle of the night call you are expected to sign up for. Working in the middle of the night can be a life shortening experience, especially if you are expected to show up again 0700hrs bright eyed and bushy tailed for another full shift. Experienced OR people know all this and it's part and parcel of the job for many of us. There is considerable sacrifice of your private life when you work in some ORs; your children may resent you being on call on Christmas, your spouse may resent your short temper due to fatigue. Look up cortisol, stress and night shift work. It's not all about saving lives, sometimes your own life is sacrificed in small ways. Sorry, not very upbeat! I look back and have regret, what can I say?

Hello, I am currently working as a psychiatric inpatient nurse and would like to transition to OR. Can anyone tell me please if that is feasible?

i think it is feasible, any operating room "should" have a good training program we have many nurses that were floor nurses first and came to the OR with a fine transition, psych is a lot different than the OR but OR is so specialized that you should receive adequate training after when you transition

M-F 6:00-2:30 with a rotating call schedule. Although the last two days I've worked 6 hours past my shift...

Depends on where you work!

My old job I worked 7am-3:30pm M-F. Then switched to 9am-5:30pm M-F. On call on 2 weekdays a months 5:30pm-7am. On call 1 weekend every other month Friday 3:30pm-Monday 7am. Pretty amazing hours for the OR. However we were not a trauma OR,not open 24 hours.

I moved and my new job (trauma OR) I work 11a-11p 3x week Rotating days. On call 3pm-11pm one weekday every week. And one weekend day a month.

Meh, OR is a tough schedule with all the call. And trust me, you get called probably 75% of the time if not more