per diem nursing in southern california -- can extra shifts be had at will?

[J89Mike]

sorry to ask a potentially stupid question.

 

My fiance and I are going to be moving back to the los angeles area (where we are originally from). we are both night shift nurses who both work PRN, or per diem, in arizona at this time.

 

In Arizona, we only have 6 shifts a month we are responsible for, but because we are so short here, seemingly every hospital, there literally are opportunities to work 5-6-7 shifts a week if anyone wants to. the hospitals will allow us despite how much OT we can get.

 

we both looked for different hospitals in the LA area and I was curious if we accept a per diem position in los angeles in particular, are there always extra shifts to work? Say, 4 a week? Especially doing float nursing for med-surg tele? we checked at ucla and see they have some positions for float nurses and was wondering if there is any limitation on the amount of shifts to be worked, or if someone wants to work extra, they can? thank you

 

Mike