How do rotating shifts work exactly?

[finallyRN7]

I've applied to a veterans hospital and the job announcement states the nurse must be willing and able to rotate a tour of duty to evening and day/evening. I'm not sure whether the hours will be 8 or 12. My question is, how EXACTLY does will this rotation thing work? Is it saying that one day I'll work an evening shift and then turn around the next work day and work a day plus evening shift or what? I need some help understanding this.

[Jlrosario516]

I know this post was made a while ago but, i just took a position with rotating shifts and i was told we rarely rotate to night shift only when absolutely needed ! Which was a lie they are all over the place like last week i worked day shift Monday Tuesday nights Saturday and Monday then i flip Back to day shift on Thursday. I think it just depends on the hospital but I'm not the biggest fan so far lol