what position would you take?

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab, Home Care, DON of AL.

I just interviewed yesterday for a 12 hour every weekend 7pm-7:30 am Saturday and Sunday with a pay of $26/hr and you get paid for 36 hours every week with full benefits and I think I got the job, the ADON said she would have the recruiter start on my references and get back to me. With the position you get 4 paid weekends off a year or you can split them up as well. Currently, I work for a company where I work from home with very set hours that I must be in front of the computer answering phones and I make $60k/yr. The schedule is Monday, 8-12 and then 5-9 (split shift). Tuesday 8-4, Wednesday, 10-6 thursday 8-4 and friday 10-6 and every other sunday 8-1. 95% of the time I am working more than the hours listed and working about 45 hours week. Even though I work from home, I just feel I have no time at all to do anything. I have 2 kids, a 20 y/o and 11 y/o. I still have cleaning, errands, laundry, dinner etc to do and I feel like I don't have enough time in a day. I figured out if I work 1 extra day a week doing the 12 hour shifts, I will make what I make currently working from home. What would you do and why?

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Specializes in Public Health.

I would work from home and delegate housework and such to the kids because they aren't exactly children and I would think they should be self sufficient enough to care for themselves at this point.

SNF work is exhausting and you will be working weekends which means you will miss out on family things and you won't have any time to do anything on the days you work.

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Specializes in LTC, Rehab, Home Care, DON of AL.

Thank you for your reply. I should also mention that the job I work from home, is not nursing, it is sales and there is a great deal of pressure with hitting sales quota, phone time and connected calls, I have been doing it a year now, the salary is actually $30k and the rest is commission as long as you hit quota. Also, I worked every weekend for over 9 years when my son and daughter were younger in LTC/Rehab. Also, this position is in their 10 bed hospice unit, it would be me and one CNA.

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Specializes in ICU Stepdown.

Because I would hate being tied down every weekend, I would work the at home job. But that's the only reason. If it were different days I'd pick the 12 hour job because less days for same pay and I would hate being stuck at home. If you have a responsible 20 year old at home and don't mind the weekends, I say go for it.

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.

The older I get the harder those 12 hour shifts became,it would take me two days to get over it now

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Specializes in LTC.
The older I get the harder those 12 hour shifts became,it would take me two days to get over it now

This. Especially nights. I just worked a 2a-2p on Wednesday to cover for a MIA night nurse and I can still feel it. If I did 2 shifts back to back I'd need the 5 days off to recover.

I'm all about my own quality of life, and 12's/doubles run counter to that, extra days off be damned.

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I dunno. I would probably take it. I do every other weekend right now. 3-11. I have 5 kids at home and run all week with them and volunteer during the day and evenings during the week. A 10 bed hospice at night doesn't sound bad. We have 2-4 hospice patients along with our other 20 or so SNF in addition to RN manager duties.

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