New mom looking for suggestions

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:heartbeathi all,

it's been awhile! i had my first baby and she is now 8mo old! i work on a busy med/surg floor, which i actually enjoy (for the most part) but i'm starting to think about down the road when holidays come up that i'm not going to want to miss and weekends that i'll want to spend with my family. i went to part time after i returned from maternity leave, but i'm thinking of doing something else. can i get some suggestions of rn positions that do not require weekends/holidays. i've really never minded it before, but having a baby changes everything!!!:redpinkhe:nurse::redpinkhe:nurse:

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Specializes in Maternity.

look for a position in a doctor's office. they are normally closed on weekends/holidays.:heartbeat

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Specializes in Home Health Care.

I landed myself a PRN position in a geri psych unit that does not require holidays or week-ends. I usually work 2 12's monday-thurs. It works out great for me.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, Heme/Onc.

How about OR/PACU? The larger hospitals will have a rotation of on-call, but an ambulatory surgical centers are open during "normal" business hours.

Or you can do a really casual per diem. Some hospitals have different tiers, according to the amount of weekends and holidays are required.

Good luck with it. My kids are older and I'm still trying to figure it all out. My husband is a police officer - set hours (second shift) but rotating days of the week, so if he's scheduled to work a holiday, it's his regular day in, no ifs ands or buts. So it's rare that we've been completely without a plan on a holiday and worst case scenario, my in-laws get them all to themselves to parade around to all the relatives.

Blee

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I worked for the school district and it was great! You have all summer off, 1 week at Thanksgiving, 2 weeks at Christmas and a 1 week Spring Break!!! Your baby is just a baby now, but in a few years she will be school age and it's nice to have every day off that she has off.

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I would say Ambulatory surgery/cardiac cath lab/urgent care. Good luck!

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Free standing surgery center - no holidays, no weekends and you can work part-time too.

Children grow fast . .. . .

steph

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Specializes in ICU/CCU, Home Health/Hospice, Cath Lab,.

Depending on the area, my hospital has a unit "Joint Center" which opens Monday morning and closes Friday evening. Endoscopy also tends to work M-F as well as Cath lab, but both usually have an on-call schedule for the weekends and nights. Day surgery can be good - heck even going agency you could probably limit your work to weekdays depending on the demand in your area. Finally - school nursing.

Hope you find something

Pat

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