Nurse full time means?????

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Is there such thing as a nurse working 7 days a week

How many hrs a day do nurses work

Would they even let you work 7 hrs a week

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Specializes in NICU.

Most nurses work either 8 or 12 hour shifts. I work "full time" which is three 12 hour shifts per week, so 36 hours. I used to work eight hour shifts and was considered part time at 32 hours a week. I guess it is possible that you could work seven days in a week occasionally if your unit was very busy and short-handed but I think that is unlikely and wouldn't happen often if at all. Hope that helps!

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I used to work seven days per week when I was working two full-time jobs. One job had a Monday through Friday schedule from 6:00am to 2:00pm, so this particular workplace generated 40 hours for me. The other job had a Saturday/Sunday schedule of 16 hours per day, from 6:00am to 10:00pm, for a grand total of 32 hours on the weekend. I worked seven days per week for almost one year as a way to save money for school.

It is tiring and affects a person's quality of life. Working seven days per week could also affect the health later on down the line. I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a temporary goal in mind and the need to save some serious cash.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing, Clinic Nursing.

Maybe you work certain days and then are on call the rest of the time. Some unit managers are on call "24/7".

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One job I didn't take was offering 7 days of 12 hr shifts, then 7 days off. Some overtime junkies would work most of their week off, too. Usually 40 hours a week is normal full time - using 8, 19 or 12 hour shifts.

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Our unit contract allows for seven shifts to be worked back to back then with a specified four off. The nurses unlucky enough to have them in their rotation hate it with a passion.

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From what I see, a typical full time is 36 hours (3 -12's) or 40 (if it's like at an office or something.)

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Yea i want to work 7 hours per week. Just for like 6 years though. Unless its illegal. As long as i get my full sleep.

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Yea i want to work 7 hours per week. Just for like 6 years though. Unless its illegal. As long as i get my full sleep.

7 hours per week wouldn't be enough to keep your license active in my region. We need 1300 hours every 3 years to remain renewable.

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From what I see, a typical full time is 36 hours (3 -12's) or 40 (if it's like at an office or something.)

Plenty of nurses work five eight hour shifts a week, and it is in on a hospital unit, not in a doctor's office.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Where I work over 75 hours ina 2 week pay period is full time.Anything over that is OT.I have 13 shifts this pay period, so it does happen.

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Yea i want to work 7 hours per week. Just for like 6 years though. Unless its illegal. As long as i get my full sleep.

7 hours a week? How much sleep do you need?

I think you're only option would be PRN, but still, it would probably average out more than 7 hours per week.

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