How many shifts & hrs worked every 2 weeks do you work?

[Gottago]

Curious as to how many shifts & hrs new grads usually work every 2 weeks? I've heard of 6, 12 hour shifts every 2 weeks (split into 3 each week; working 36 hours per week and paid for 40 per week), and I've heard of 7, 12 hour shifts every 2 weeks (split into 3 one week and 4 the next; for 84 hours every 2 weeks).

[mom2michael, MSN, RN, NP]

I work 36 per week, 72 hours a pay period and I'm only paid for the hours I work (I don't get paid for 40 hours). Anything above 40 hours a week is considered OT and all OT is voluntary where I work. We are required to pick up 1 shift of call a month, I'm paid $2.00/hr for 12 hours of call ($24.00) and paid 1.5 times my base if I'm called in.

Because of my rotation I am only required to work every 4th weekend - which is a Fri, Sat, Sun shift.

[Piki]

I work 24 hours per week, 3 eight hour shifts weekly, every other weekend, basically.

[btown annie]

I graduated in May, began orientation in June, passed boards Aug 28th, and have been "on my own" since Aug 29th. I work 12 hour shifts (which always means 13 hrs, and more times than not is longer than that). While on orientation I worked 3 nights a week. Right after passing boards, I picked up a shift. So now I work 4 nights a wk (12 hr shifts). As a "new" nurse on our unit, I'm supposed to start out working every other weekend, whereas the others work every 3rd weekend. But, since I agreed to pick up an extra shift, I usually just work every 3rd weekend.

[kimmymom]

I graduated in mid-December and started my new job on a med surg floor first part of January. After 6 weeks of orientation, I worked 72 hours every 2 weeks, all 8 hour shifts. Now that I am almost 9 months into my job, I work 3x12 hours a week for 72. Plus overtime since the census has been unusually high this time of year.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Requirements for a new grad are the same as for any nurse on the unit: if you're full-time, it's either five 8's (40 hour minimum) or three 12's (36 hour minimum). No mandation, so when you finish work you go home. Unless they rook you into more time

Everyone, new grads to old-timers, RNs to PCTs, are required to work every other weekend (Sat-Sun), their regular shifts. No rotating shifts, ever, unless there's a crisis and the hospital is going to pay you some major ka-CHING!

No one works less than an 8 hour day. 12-hour people are sometimes called off for four hours if the census is low enough; 8 hour people can be called off the entire shift for the same reason. But honestly, that hardly ever happens anymore, it seems. Guaranteed to be short SOMEWHERE in the hospital!

[jessi1106, BSN, RN]

I got hired in June. I hired in at 32 hrs/per week, 64 per 2 week period. I work 4 eight hour shifts each week. Everyone is required to work every other weekend.

Our hospital is always at 98%-100% capacity, so it is very rare that anyone is called off. Often though, people are asked (not pressured) to stay over...In that case the pay is time and a half....we get LOTS of opportunity for OT as well.