Question bout hours

racing-mom4, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2008

Depends on your hospital. I have heard of this before, but my hospital is work 36, get paid for 36 but that is considered full time for benefits.

I work baylor so I work 24 and get paid for 36. But that means every single Saturday Sunday night I am at work.

mom2michael, MSN, RN, NP · Jul 4, 2008

Generally speaking you are paid only for the time you are at work. 36=36 usually.

Some facilities have different programs dependent upon their needs where you might work less hours and get paid for more hours but those vary from facility to facility and area to area.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2008

I work two 12-hour shifts every Saturday and Sunday, and have Monday through Friday off. Under the Baylor plan, my workplace pays me 32 hours for working 24 hours every week. The trade-off is that I must work every weekend.

jenni82104 · Jul 4, 2008

Thanks for the info. I have heard about the Baylor plan, and would be interested in working that, but I am sure they do not let new grads do this. How long do you have to work until you can do this? When you get off of orientation?

medsurgrnco, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2008

Usually you are paid for the hours you actually work. Sometimes you get the full-time paid time off hours, and sometimes your paid time off is prorated so you get that benefit only for the hours actually worked. So instead of the PTO for 40 hrs/wk, you would get it for 36 hours + OT.

caliotter3 · Jul 4, 2008

It depends on the agreement you entered into with your employer when they hired you. If they stated you would be paid 40 hours for 3 12s, then that is what you should see on your paycheck. Don't ever expect anything regarding compensation to be automatic.

Babs0512 · Jul 5, 2008

In our hospital, the ER has nurse who work Monday throught Friday 3 - 12's and get paid for 37.5 hours (which is full time), and they have a weekenders program, those who work 2 - 12 hour shifts and get paid for 37.5, with part time benefits.

I work PACU. So I work M-F, take call one night per week, we get pain $2.00 / hr for call. If we get called in days or eve's we get time and a half, if we get called in after 2300, we get double time. We also are on call every 6th weekend.

The remaining nurses work 8 hour shifts, and every other weekend.

loricatus · Jul 5, 2008

For 3 12s in a week I have been paid anywhere from 34.5 hours to 36. Depends on the facility. 34.5 hours was paid when I had the shifts start/end on the hour & had a half hour unpaid break each shift. At another hospital I received 36 hours per week with a half hour unpaid break, but the shift started 15 minutes before the hour and ended a quarter past the hour. Yet, at another hospital, I had an hour and a half break per shift with 36 hours paid per week; but, once a month I had to do an extra 12 hour shift to make up the time. It just depends on the individual place.

Simpleplan · Jul 5, 2008

Where I work you work six twelve hour shifts and one eight hour shift per pay period (two weeks) to total 80 hours.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jul 5, 2008

Thanks for the info. I have heard about the Baylor plan, and would be interested in working that, but I am sure they do not let new grads do this. How long do you have to work until you can do this? When you get off of orientation?

I received my license in January 2006, and was hired into a Baylor weekend double slot the very next month. You can be a new grad and still manage to find this type of schedule.

medsurgrnco, BSN, RN · Jul 5, 2008

If you're concerned about earning less due to possibly being paid for actual hrs worked (36) instead of 40, remember you may be getting shift differential, holiday pay, OT, and extra hours for staff meetings. Some places pay incentive bonuses for extra shifts, and places vary as to whether you get time and a half for the entire extra shift or only for those hours over 40.