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Thank you for your response! Very eye opening. Man that cardiac call is brutal. I could never! Bless the nurses and techs who can live that lifestyle. We have 1 cardiac team as well that only works with one doctor so that singular nurse is on call 24/7 for eternity until she retires. All other cardiac calls with our other MD still come to the everything team. Our everything team takes that 70-80 hours per 4 weeks and we are to do any call case that comes in. We don't have any special teams or second call or anything. We can only run 1 room after 5pm so if theres 2 or more call/late cases we can potentially be there all night since we have 8 and 12 hour call shifts. Charge nurses refuse to take any call also. So that's why it's a bit frustrating to be on call so much all the time. I keep pushing for hiring evening staff but my hospital tries to squeeze as much out of us as possible unfortunately. It's a very poorly run facility. Again, thank you for your information it deff helps!

Hello circulating nurses! I would like to know your experiences with call schedules at different hospitals. Right now I am unhappy with my facility because we are taking approx 70 hours of call per month give or take some. This is around 7 to 11 days out of a month that you are taking some form of call hours. The people who are taking the most call are having to take a mandatory total of 3 different 12 hour shifts on the weekend every month plus their weekday call. I am not sure if this is normal as I have only ever worked at this hospital. My charge nurse keeps telling me that this isn't that much call yet doesnt take call either to help us out. I don't know if I am being gaslighted or not and if I should explore other options for having better work life balance with a small baby. I am currently in Houston, Texas, where there is an abundance of different types of facilities to choose from. I know call schedules vary so much though so I am just trying to get a sense of what else could be out there. I am also considering going to a same day surgery center to avoid call but I am unsure if I will like having to cross train in preop and pacu as I really just want to circulate cases. Also unsure what hours these nurses work. Just really curious as to what a typical day looks like in these types of facilities. I know there is no perfect place but there has to be a facility where there is better work life balance then where I am now. There has to be a way where you don't live at work and are happy with your schedule. I am trying to find the best balance for my mom lifestyle.  Please share your experiences with me as I will really appreciate the advice to help get a better understanding of what is really out there.