Seven 10 hour days followed by seven days off job offer

[krazykev]

Fellow Humans:

What is your opinions regarding working at a facility that works seven 10 hour shifts followed by seven days off from work with a full benefit package including vacation time. If I accept this job I will have to only work 24 weeks a year.

Also, I forgot to mention that there is a two hour overlap between shifts, so I will only have 2-3 patients for those hours that the shift overlaps.

[jmgrn65, RN]

Are you misspelling 'shifts' and leaving out the 'f'?

she is spelling shifts correctly

[XY_RN]

I too would ask if a trial would be acceptable. When I worked 4 12 in a row I thought I was gonna fall over. I ached so bad even my hair hurt. Although, I was on a heavy med/surg floor. So take that into account as well. It really sounds very appealing. Good Luck!

[SpringerCab]

I worked the 10 hour days for 7 days and then 7 off. I loved it. It helps to have the overlapping 2 hours from the other shift. If you really want to work it go for it.

[Creamsoda, ASN, RN]

I would personally love to have a schedule like that, but its all preference. Its easier to do it I think if you have no kids and that kind of thing, but you work hard for a week, then have an entire week off. You would get used to it after a while, just make sure you get plenty of sleep at night while your on for the seven days so you dont get burnt out. I really hate the 2-3 on and 2-3 off schedule.

[ghillbert, MSN, NP]

I'd do it for sure. I currently am supposed to work 8-4 but I do 10-12 hrs most days (5x week plus whatever call time), so doing 7 would be worth it to get 7 off!!

[Kymmi]

I would also do it in a heartbeat. My fiancee works 28 days on and then has 28 days off with

full benefits. He is a ship pilot not a nurse. His days are 12 hour days for 28 days however his

shifts are split......4 hours on watch-4 hours off-8 hours on watch/paperwork then 8 hours off.

I always tell him I wish I could work maybe 6 shifts a week for a month then take a month off.

That month that he has off is nice...its like he is on vacation every other month.

I just saw other poster say it would depend if you had kids/family as to how well you might like it and thats a very good point. I think if you had kids to consider then it might be too much to handle to try to keep track of whats going on with them during those seven days of work.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

I'd like that schedule.

[LadyEJ BSN, RN]

Oh man if I ever get an offer like this!!! I would definitely take it...sweet deal!

[rph3664]

Our overnight pharmacists do this. It would take a certain kind of person to do it, that's for sure.

One of our pharmacists tried this when we were in a pinch (he's married, with 3 kids, and really liked the idea of all that time off) and I kid you not, he aged 10 years in the 6 months he did it.

After he stopped doing it, another pharmacist who moonlights a lot tried it, and he just couldn't handle seven consecutive 10-hour days, no matter what the hours were. He was single at the time.

[lovelyladynurse]

I want that kind of job :)