8hr Shifts

[Jade Moore, BSN]

Any hospitals in Georgia doing 8hr shifts for nurses? I would love 12s but I'm a single mother of 2 and daycare wouldn't be open until 7-7:30 when my shift would end. 

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

Jade Moore said:

Any hospitals in Georgia doing 8hr shifts for nurses? I would love 12s but I'm a single mother of 2 and daycare wouldn't be open until 7-7:30 when my shift would end. 

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Most hospitals in any state are mainly 12 hour shifts. Keep looking, you may find something. But honestly, those positions are hard to find, and usually require some bedside RN experience. I'm not trying to sound mean, but did you not research this prior to going to school? As a single mom myself back in the day, with no family help, I made sure I knew every angle of childcare vs my work schedule/sleep needs. I wish you the best, as I know exactly how tough it can be

[adventure_rn, MSN, NP]

Yeah, the tricky thing about 8s is that even if you find a place that offers them, you'll probably start out by covering the less desirable evening (3p - 11 p) or overnight (11p - 7a) shifts as a new hire. The waitlist for permanent days can be months to years, depending on where you are.

You'll probably have better luck applying to places that are only open during the day, maybe outpatient clinics, dialysis, outpatient radiology, same-day surgery, perhaps PACU (though you'd probably be on-call some nights).

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Check out procedural/OR areas if those interest you. Since the bulk of the work is day shift, you can (usually) find 8 or 10 hour shifts in addition to 12s, and very few night positions. Downside would be call requirements, which are very facility dependent- I've worked in one place where it was a call shift/week and one where it's only a call shift/month.