How many hours per week do you work?

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I was thinking of accepting an offer for a part-time, 30 hour per week, salaried field RN position with a home health company. Since it is a salaried position my concern is that I would end up working far more than 30 hours. So, how many hours is your position for and how many hours do you actually work?

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Specializes in ambulant care.

30 p.w. (contract)

40 p.w. (at least)

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Specializes in LTC, HH, and Case Mangement.

About 30 to 35 a week for me, I'm an RN too

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Salary in my opinion is a way for companies to predict wages and give them permission to work a nurse half to death. This isn't always true but it seems more likely than not. What is the pay per hour when you work 10 more hours per week than they say you will?

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Oh, I worked for an hourly wage and insisted on it. I worked hard and expected to be paid for it, I didn't slack and didn't expect them to either.

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I agree with the other comments. I would never take a salaried clinical position.

When they need staff, especially for an after hours or far away visit, first thing they will ask their per diem nurses, and if they all turn it down then they will go to their hourly nurses, and if they are already off shift or on OT, they will turn to their salaried nurses and pressure them to do it because they are ‘on salary’ so many of them don’t feel like they are allowed to say no.

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Specializes in Surgical Specialty Clinic - Ambulatory Care.

I’m employed part time, 3 8-hour shifts a week. My last bi weekly pay check had 97 hours and I picked up one extra shift. So 7 shifts total on the pay check.

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21 minutes ago, KalipsoRed21 said:

I’m employed part time, 3 8-hour shifts a week. My last bi weekly pay check had 97 hours and I picked up one extra shift. So 7 shifts total on the pay check.

So just over 12 hours per shift? And they are supposed to be 8 hours so are you getting OT on the other 4? If so, that’s exactly why no one should be salaried.

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Specializes in Surgical Specialty Clinic - Ambulatory Care.
44 minutes ago, Zippy83 said:

So just over 12 hours per shift? And they are supposed to be 8 hours so are you getting OT on the other 4? If so, that’s exactly why no one should be salaried.

Of course no OT until I reach 40 hrs. Doesn’t matter how many hours in one day, it’s over the week. I would never do salary again either. I did it once for 2 years and worked 8am to 6-7pm M-F. One weekend a month, no on call or holidays though. It wasn’t good enough for the amount of time in.

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