Like PRN?

Hello

I have a question that I don’t really understand.

in my tpapn contract in Texas it says I must work a minimum of 64 hours A month I believe. If I worked 12 hour shifts this would be 1 day a week and 5.3 days in a month. ( 1 week would have like 2-3 days I would work. I’m sure you understand that.

however I am not allowed to work PRN. But what really is the difference? I assume it would be me working on a set day of the week like mondays instead of whenever they would call and want me there?

is it a real inconvenience For the schedule to have a tpapn nurse for one or two days outa the week? I think that would be the same or maybe even easier then having to make sure the person is scheduled to be directly supervised for 5 days every week. ( I also still wonder why this tpapn thing is such a big deal to employers? Other then the nurses personal problem they had what is really holding back the employers? I personally think they should be required by law for all of them to allow a program nurse to work somewhere since there is supposedly a demand and critical health is involved)

Back to the question ... but how do I go about asking to only work this many hours in the month. A few places I have talked to usually only had full time and PRN and maybe part time.

is there any common knowledge language/ word I’m missing to ask for this or do I just ask to work a minimum amount of hours for the month. (I can see how having a friend that owns the place or is the director of nursing or knowing a Dr would come in handy cause that’s a break I do not have.)

any suggestions or tips how I can approach this to see if I can get this done would be great. It makes me wonder how much of a demand for nurses there is like me since I have to be directly supervised. I assume not near as much as unencumbered?

sorry the post is hard to read I’m just having a mind roadblock on how to ask about this.

thanks