Nursing shifts: Is this fact or fiction?

[magichospital]

Alright, I once heard a long time ago that a nurse can choose between 3-4 days where she/he works 12 hour shifts and has the rest of the week off or a normal week day schedule of almost everyday normal shifts. Is this true? Is there such thing as long shifts with minimum days, or is that just not true? I niether believe this is true/false, just wondering if what I heard was possibly true. I also have been looking at what the hours look like on Indeed.com, and have noticed 12HR under shifts, and I wonder if that applies to the above statement or something else completely. Thanks:nurse:

[Butterfliesnroses]

Where I work we are all on 12s. I work night and work 3 on 4 off. I work thurs, fri, sat. The other 2 night shift nures work 2 on and 5 off. The day shift has rotating schedules with every other weekend off. I was offered a rotating schedule but declined it bc I don't mind working weekends. However when my daughter starts kindergarten (preschool is only 3 hours a day) then I WILL be requesting the rotating schedule (so I can have some weekends off to do things with my family). For now though working weekends works for me.