dturnip1

Hello - I'm new to the nursing board and the nursing world so please forgive if this has been talked about in the past... I'm interested in becoming an RN and work in a hospital setting, it seems like just the thing for me... but I need to know about the hours that you folks work. Is it 12 hour shifts and every other weekend, but you get 3-4 days off a week? Is there a lot of mandatory overtime? Is it terrible working weekends and holidays? Does the scheduling work out well in most hospitals? As a newbie on the floor, would I have to work nights? Is is possible to work part-time in a hospital or would I have to be an agency nurse to do that? My husband is already up to something like 5 weeks of vacation a year, I know there is no way to match that (he's been working at the same company for a decade) but is there a way to plan 3 weeks off together? Or is that pretty much impossible? Thank you!