Is it possible to get the holidays off?

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Who is getting the holidays off? Do you prefer the holidays off or would you rather work?

How do you get your holidays off? What's your secret?

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

I am in my first year of nursing. I have Thanksgiving and the two days after it off and I have the four days before Christmas and Christmas Day off. I signed up to work New Years Day. I work in a busy hospital. I just got lucky. I only requested Thanksgiving Day off.

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Specializes in LTC/Skilled Care/Rehab.

I don't mind working the holidays but it annoys me to work a holiday and not get paid extra for it. For example, if you work Christmas Eve or New Years Eve, holiday pay doesn't start until 3 pm. I work 7-3 so I don't get holiday pay for either of those days, but I have to work them if they are my holidays to work. Not so bad if you are going to someone's house for either of those days but forget having something at your own house. We celebrate Christmas Eve so I usually switch with someone and end up working Christmas.

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Specializes in LTC and School Health.
redhead_NURSE98! said:
You can have the holidays off - put your notice in right now! :roflmao:

Which I did. Not for having the holidays off, but for other reasons. That is a different thread though.

I generally like to have Christmas off because it is my favorite holiday. I don't mind working Thanksgiving and new years.

Like others said, it is an easy day and double time:)

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My hospital pays 6 holidays a year...if you work you get paid time and half for all 12 hours plus you get paid an extra 8 hours , (that you don't work ) in the same week whether you work the holiday or not (it is your holiday pay)..so working holiday gives you a 44 week (actual worked hours are 36 and 16 are at time and half as anything over 40 hrs in a week is OT) ...if you have the holiday off you still get 40 hours but only 4 at OT...... we have a set holiday schedule ... all the nursing staff on are scheduled a summer holiday and a winter holiday (A,B,C groups) when the A group works their 2 holidays they move into the B group for the next year and so forth..so you will get the holiday you just worked off for 2 years before you work it again...

works well there is no squabbling ,it is fair for all, and staff can make arrangement with each other to change a holiday for that year but with the understanding they will still be in the same rotatation for the following year which may mean being on for 2 of the same holiday 2 years in a row due to a switch and this has not been a problem....it is nice also to know what holidays you will be scheduled so you can make family plans well in advance. Hope this info hepls someone.....

Happy Holidays to all

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Specializes in Med/surg, Quality & Risk.

We do something I think is stupid, half the staff work Christmas Eve and half Christmas Day, and half the staff works New Year's Eve and half New Year's Day. So it really keeps people from being able to travel in an area that is mostly transplants. Right now she's got 12 people staffed to work Christmas when it usually takes 6 max (especially on a low census day like Christmas). So those people will get called off last minute and still won't get to travel. I expressed my displeasure with this silliness last year, but it didn't change anything. Shocker.

Oh and we rarely get paid extra for the holidays. If we do it's a last minute thing "Oh this year we decided to give an extra $5 an hour for 8 hours of Christmas Day, Merry Christmas!"

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We get triple time on Christmas (double time and a half for all other holidays), so most people want to work. Unfortunately, Christmas and New Years are always overstaffed, so we get called off by seniority.

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Specializes in PICU, Sedation/Radiology, PACU.

I had a baby in August, so I'm on Maternity leave through the holidays. I'd say if you really want the holidays off, give birth.

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Ashley, PICU RN said:
I had a baby in August, so I'm on Maternity leave through the holidays. I'd say if you really want the holidays off, give birth.

Sort of not an option of some of us "Y" chromosome carriers!

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Specializes in Psychiatric- Detox and ECT.

I get every holiday and weekend off- I work in an ECT clinic.

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Specializes in PICU, Sedation/Radiology, PACU.
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Sort of not an option of some of us "Y" chromosome carriers!

Dads are also eligible to take FMLA bonding time with a new baby.

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Specializes in CCU,ICU,ER retired.

When I worked FT we had to put down the 5 holidays in order of how we wanted them off. We always had to work either Christmas eve or day I have never minded working New years eve so I would always work that and New years day. I also work for others on both those days now. Thankisgiving has always been my fave off. I will work on Christmas Eve for mom's woth little kids too

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I used to work almost every holiday so that I could be assured of being off for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. My kids were small, and this was important to me. We had to work a certain number of "major" and "minor" holidays. I would start off working New Years Eve and New Year's Day and keep going. By the time Christmas rolled around, I had worked far more than my requirements.

Now I work at a facility which is closed on all major holidays. :)

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