max hrs worked in a row

I was told that it was a double or 16 hours, and at no point in time could we ever work 24 hours in a row. I was also told that a max in a week was 60/week. I could be wrong............If I am sorry.

In my state NY, you can legally be scheduled to work no more than a 16 hours shift per day.

However three weekends ago I was on call, I work 30 hours over the weekend, with 20 hours of non stop work. Nothing I could do about it.

The hospital gets away with it by saying "you were not scheduled to work that 20 hours, you just got un-lucky and had a busy OR schedule that weekend - you could have clocked out for an hour and grabbed a nap while waiting for the next case" Yeah, right, bite me!

Sucks sometimes - and not at all safe.

We can't be on the clock more than 16hrs straight. Unless it is a disaster situation. We also must be off the clock a min of 8hrs before returning for another shift.

We can't be on the clock more than 16hrs straight. Unless it is a disaster situation. We also must be off the clock a min of 8hrs before returning for another shift.

That's how it is where I work. I'm not sure if that's law or hospital policy.