I want to be a nurse with a 9-5 job w/ weekends and holidays off

[Joe V]

Are you ready for Halloween? Do you have a costume to wear?

If you had to choose a costume what would it be and why?

Happy Halloween!

[LilRedRN1973]

Hey, that's me! I work Monday through Friday 7am to 4pm with weekends and holidays off, no overtime EVER. I actually get to sit down and enjoy lunch (I'm on my lunch break now). I love, love, love my job in that I have the opportunity to do LOTS of patient education (I have 30 min with each patient individually). I never want to return to hospital nursing....ever. The best part is I'm only taking a small paycut....in the hospital setting here, I would make about $31/hr. I currently making $30/hr. Small price to pay....literally. Especially when you have 3 kiddos with various activities after school :-)

[nursefrances, BSN, RN]

Life_is_good_1973 said:

Hey, that's me! I work Monday through Friday 7am to 4pm with weekends and holidays off, no overtime EVER. I actually get to sit down and enjoy lunch (I'm on my lunch break now). I love, love, love my job in that I have the opportunity to do LOTS of patient education (I have 30 min with each patient individually). I never want to return to hospital nursing....ever. The best part is I'm only taking a small paycut....in the hospital setting here, I would make about $31/hr. I currently making $30/hr. Small price to pay....literally. Especially when you have 3 kiddos with various activities after school ?

It was an $8/hour decrease for me but I worked in one of the highest paying hospitals in the area ($40/hr). I don't miss the three 12s either. When I made the change (to Mon-Fri) I thought alot about this choice. But the more I thought about it, it made more sense for me. Yeah, the days off during the week were nice, but my first day off was shot from the crazy long days/shifts I just worked. All I wanted to do on my first day off was veg, sip on my coffee slowly, play on AN, watch chick flicks...(you get the idea ) Then my second day off, getting ready to go back to work (laundry, groceries, chores...) Then back I went to do it all over again. No thank you, done with that. And I love being home every weekend. Last but not least, this year would have been my turn to work Christmas. Not anymore.

[PCAPIMP]

Home care nursing can be very comfortable depending the company you work for. Outpatient clinics can be as busy as hospitals sometimes but the hours are primarily days mon - friday with no holidays. I know some nurses that do case management too. However, i try to at least pick up time in the hospital because i plan to do the travel nurse thing in the near future and most agencies require at least 1 year in the hospital or in acute care.

[2018nursewi]

Hoping to score public health to get these hours!

[2018nursewi]

ORoxyO said:

Does 7a-5p count? And yes I work in a hospital. No holiday or weekends

What area are you in?

[NurseDisneyPrincess]

For me this isn't a costume! I have weekends off and even holidays :) And I work in a hospital! I negotiated and got an excellent schedule.

I'm busy on the weekends and can't work. And I hate twelve hour shifts!

[Ben_Dover]

0800-1700 job - M-F - Case management.

06:30 I hit the snooze button, then I get up, shower, light breakfast, hit the morning traffic commute and make it inside my office or department 10 minutes before my start time.

- 0800 lots of voice and e-mails, then the usual case management duties, all throughout the day.

1 hour lunch break, sure.

17:00 - meeting deadlines, last minute phone calls with insurance companies; ensuring patients were actually discharged and "transported" away from the hospital.

17:30ish documentation and all.

17:5018:00ish I'm driving home, hitting the merciless rush hour commute.

18:30-18:50ish, Home, work-out, dinner, shower, then night night by 10ish PM.

I was basically working 12 hours every single day and that's Monday to Fridays!

That's how it was every single day of my life for two years!!!

Back to the Present Time....

I'm happy with my 12 hours a day, 3 days a week gig!!!!

[40thEditionRN]

I work in college health. Some larger colleges/universities may have weekend/evening hours, but I do not. It's a great gig, great benefits, tuition assistance for myself and my kids after a few years. I work Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 5pm. We are counting down until winter break in 5 weeks, when we'll get two and a half PAID weeks off. Best move ever.

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

I don't work 9 to 5 but I do work 7-3 with a weekly RDO and every other weekend. Works for me.

[GlitterSparkles, BSN]

I too would love a Mon-Fri 9-5 nursing job with weekends and holidays off. Other than school nursing, I havent been able to find many positions open to RNs. I currently work weekends (night shift). I LOVE night shift and working 3 12s in a row with 4 days off. It's ideal for ME. Unfortunately, having a young child and husband at home, I find my schedule is not the best for work/life balance. I would never have thought I'd want to go back to a typical 40 hour 5 day work week like I did in my prior job field but I never get to spend time with my family on the weekends and it's tough.

[Oldmahubbard]

I did work M-F, 8 to 4 for the last few years of my RN career to get experience at a mental health clinic, while I worked on my Psych NP degree. The pay was absolutely awful. Less than LTC.

It was a big sacrifice. But I did not want to be stuck working nights.

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

On 10/25/2012 at 5:10 PM, echoRNC711 said:

9-5 In a hospital....right....and I'm second in line to the pope!

A lot of nurses believe that. The angels here on earth thing.