How many days do you work in a row?

[Jaellys]

I got my schedule and I work 5 nights in a row, then 5 nights off, and it repeats. Kind of discouraged about the working 5 nights in a row, wondering if Im going to burn out? (8 hour shifts).

[~PedsRN~, BSN, RN]

I am PRN now,but I preferred to work two days on, then one day later in the week. That third night shift was always brutal.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Most people work five 8hr shifts a week, that is a typical M-F schedule for the working masses, and they only have two days off a week. I guess I am confused with your question.

This. The majority of the working world in the United States works 5 8 hr shifts per week.

If you are full time working 8 hr shifts as a staff nurse, you will need to work 5 days/week. 3 12s depends on where you work and the needs of the unit.

[MunoRN, RN]

When working night shift it's usually a broken up schedule that is most likely to cause fatigue. The more you're trying to adjust back and forth, the more fatigue it's going to cause. If you're nights on are broken up then so are your nights off. There are few things more fatiguing than working every night of your life except for a night of here, two nights of there, etc. You need sufficient fatigue recovery time which should include some transition time as well as meaningful time off between the transitions.

[db2xs]

As someone else stated, working five 8s is sort of the norm in the working world, albeit during the day, not the night (which it seems that you will be working). Unless you have a hellish commute, I would say that that is manageable. You can get a decent sleep in between shifts too. When I used to work night shift (but 12-hour shifts), it was really awful trying to get sufficient sleep when I was doing two or three shifts in a row, compounded with the fact that rush hour traffic was awful and I was practically falling asleep behind the wheel.

[Coldsvt]

Lol...I am on day 3 of 8 in a row...then one day off and 4 in a row followed by a day off and 3 in row...that is unless I am feeling up to pickin up a shift or two

[sweetlilwolf]

Currently I work day shift 7/70 so 7 days 10 HR shift 7 days off. But I received a promotion and am going to salary so I'll be M-f 8 HR shifts

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

When I first started I would do 8 12s in a row and then have 6 off. Rinse and repeat for about 6 months. Then it went to 7 on 7 off.

Then here I had a rotating 3 week schedule that the most I would work in a row was there.

Now the most is 4 10s in a row and call thrown in there for fun.

[Pheebz777, BSN, RN]

I work 2 full time jobs. 12hr shifts. 13nights in 2 weeks. 1 day off every pay period.

CVICU at one job, Urgent care E.R. At the other job.

No burnout here

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

When I worked 12s, I had 5 x. 12 nights in a row. Brutal and very common. I wouldn't do it again.

Now I work 5 x 8 hours in a row, and sometimes that feels like too much.

[Wrench Party]

I just got off 6 in a row, but I'm going to 4 in a row next month for more work/life balance. I've worked about 5 days/week for the last 4 months and haven't had a social life or exercised the way I need to.

[CamillusRN, BSN]

Lol...I am on day 3 of 8 in a row...then one day off and 4 in a row followed by a day off and 3 in row...that is unless I am feeling up to pickin up a shift or two

Dang - you must be working at my old hospital! I was stuck on 10 in a row (12 hour shifts) by the time I had the sense to get out of there.

[CamillusRN, BSN]

I typically do the three 12's in a row, but I pick up quite a few extra shifts. Most 12's I've done in a row at my current job is 5 (by choice). Nowadays, I feel like I'm working a 1/2 day if I work an 8 hour shift.