how many nurses have two jobs?

IHeartPeds87 · May 16, 2010

Yup. I'm right there with you working the 80 hr work weeks. Full time nights at a hospital, Full time days 9-5 during the week at a clinic. Sucks, but I have bills to pay and a family to support. I'm grateful to have work. I know the job market is tight.

when do you sleep??

smartnurse1982 · May 16, 2010

My new client is now in the hospital so I got to work a fill in shift yesterday and nothing is lined up for next week, so another week of unemployment for me. My daughter tells me I should say goodbye to the job uncertainty of home health and get a real job in a nursing home. She has a point there, except I don't fit the demographic for those who are able to find work in LTC facilities in my area.

What do you mean by demographic? Just curious. If I did ltc I don't think id be able to work 80 hours like with pdn. Also they are only looking for lpns in ltc around here,so I guess I don't fit there either.

Ahhphoey · May 16, 2010

I've been working 2 jobs for the last 5 years; usually a full-time and a prn but did do two part-time jobs for a while. Now I'm working a full time job that M-F, day shift and salaried (so no ability to get overtime, grrr!) and a prn job in the ICU (where my hours are just about guarenteed due to our staffing issues). I usually work 40-52 hours a week depending on if I sign up for a shift at the prn job. My previous poor spending habits and student loans mean I'll be working like this for at least the next few years.

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN · May 16, 2010

One full-time job as a nursing educator (with summers off), one part-time hospital staff nurse job, one part-time teaching job (summers) with a local college, and a few legal nurse consultant cases from time to time.

caliotter3 · May 16, 2010

What do you mean by demographic? Just curious. If I did ltc I don't think id be able to work 80 hours like with pdn. Also they are only looking for lpns in ltc around here,so I guess I don't fit there either.

If you walk into almost any LTC facility in my area, you will find that the DON to the last hired CNA are almost all the same ethnicity and I am not one of them. I worked in a place like that before and I never want to repeat the experience.

EmilyLucille523 · May 16, 2010

I'm glad this thread was posted cuz I've been debating whether I should pick up 1 or 2 prn jobs in additon to my full-time job. I know I'll be tired and spend less time with my kids but I really need the second income and I've been told by my full-time employer that we get a lot of low census and get put on call a lot. At least if I get hired at 2 prn jobs I'll have more of a chance of getting some needed hours right now.

You know what's funny...when I was in school and we were tight economically, I thought for sure (and assured my husband) that we would be in heaven once I was working full-time making my $25/hr job, but it's not enough especially now that my husband is out of work.

I should have married a doctor!!! :nuke: Just kidding!

linearthinker, DNP, RN · May 17, 2010

I know very few nurses that don't have at least one PT job in addition to a regular FT position. I know lots of people that have 2 FT jobs, and I know several that do more than that. At one time I was teaching highschool M-F 8 to noon, working tues and thurs nights doing private duty, mon wed and fri evenings teaching cardiac rehab, fitness and nutrition and sat and sundays at a w/e option job. During this time I also homeschooled my kids and finished a BSN.

Medic2RN, BSN, RN, EMT-P · May 17, 2010

I'm a PRN person. I just quit one of my jobs, so I went from 4 PRN jobs to 3. I work as much or as little as I want to and love it!

GM2RN · May 17, 2010

I have been working 2 jobs for the past 2 years.

One is full-time in the ED where I can pick up at least 2 extra shifts per month, and sometimes a lot more if we are very short-staffed.

The other is an occassional job at a different hospital, where my job is in patient placement. I am scheduled for shifts at this one depending on my availability after my ED schedule is posted.

I usually end up working from 16 to 22, 12-hr shifts, per month, depending on the availibity of the work and how much time off I need.

I always get enough work to pay my bills, but I'm also trying to pay off student loans, so I'm thinking of looking for 1 or 2 more PRN jobs in case I can't get the extra shifts I want with the first two.

heathert_kc · May 17, 2010

For the last almost year I have had one job that though the schedule is varied, I was always able to get about 40/hrs per week, plus I have worked for the same home health agency since long before I was a nurse where I would work anywhere from 0-36 hours (though rarely that many hours, like one shift most of the time) Just recently I found a good paying assisted living job where I was offered 40 hours M-F, So I dropped to about 24-32 hours at my usual full time place and went inactive at my home health gig. I am starting to really miss my sleep:zzzzz.... But I want to be able to afford to pay off my car and go back to school.

LuvScrubs2, BSN, RN · May 17, 2010

I have a fulltime nursing position.... and I have a partime week end on nights as well. I received my first cancellation while riding the bus last night... mind you I got the call 15 minutes after the recommended time notification of 2hr window... Anyway, I admire all of you holding soooo many prn positions... Afterall, WE MUST PAY THE BILLS & STUDENT LOANS,ETC... I think I will sign up for another prn that way I will be covered. :cool:

ChristineN, BSN, RN · May 17, 2010

I currently work two jobs and have since the beginning of the year when I relocated. I have one full-time 3 12's a week staff nurse job in a hospital. My other job is a PRN job at another area hospital. I try to work at least 1 12hr shift a week at the PRN job.