Shift times

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Can you all share with me what time your shift starts in hospitals? If it differs from 7a, 3p, 7p and 11p can you tell me why?

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

Here are the start times at my hospital:

**Day Shift is 0700-1530

**PM Shift is 1500-2330

**NOC Shift is 2315-0715

The difference with night shift is the employees technically don't get a 1/2hr break.....not that they never take one. So instead of being clocked in for 8 1/2hrs and getting the 1/2hr as overtime(because they don't get a break), the staff just works 8hrs. Hopefully that makes sense.

**For those working 12hr shifts, they run from 0700-1930 or 1900-0730.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Ours are 7:30 - 15:30

15:30 - 23:30

23:30 - 7:30

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Specializes in EMS, ER, GI, PCU/Telemetry.

the only offered hours (that i know of) for anyone except management is 7am-7pm or 7pm-7a.

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Specializes in ICU, CCU,Wound Care,LTC, Hospice, MDS.

Western NE

in LTC

0545-1415

1345-2215

2145-0615

in Acute Care

0545-1815

1745-0615

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Specializes in NICU.
Here are the start times at my hospital:

**Day Shift is 0700-1530

**PM Shift is 1500-2330

**NOC Shift is 2315-0715

The difference with night shift is the employees technically don't get a 1/2hr break.....not that they never take one. So instead of being clocked in for 8 1/2hrs and getting the 1/2hr as overtime(because they don't get a break), the staff just works 8hrs. Hopefully that makes sense.

**For those working 12hr shifts, they run from 0700-1930 or 1900-0730.

I am curious as to why it is set up like that-seems odd.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.
I am curious as to why it is set up like that-seems odd.

Which part do you find "odd"? The overlapping of shifts?

If so, here are two reasons to explain the set-up: 1)To provide enough time for the next shift to get report from the current shift, as well as look up lab results & meds, get organized, etc; 2)Allow the current shift to finish their charting & other tasks w/minimal interruption as the next shift takes over.

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Specializes in Peds M/S.

As far as I know, the only shifts here are 0700-1930 and 1900-0730. I work at a Children's Hospital, and they only want the parents and/or children to have to get to know two nurses and two care partners (cna's) each day. More than that, and it's too confusing.

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Specializes in NICU.
Which part do you find "odd"? The overlapping of shifts?

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No- of course not, our hospital overlaps shifts too, I think that is probably the norm. I was wondering why the night shift doesn't get the extra 1/2 hr. I wondered if the other shifts felt that was unfair, that they basically are getting a paid meal break.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, ED.

10a - 10p, 3 12's a week. Starting it soon and looking forward to it! :)

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Specializes in Peds, ER/Trauma.

I work in ER, and travel all over the country, and have worked the following shifts at various hospitals:

3a-3p

6a-6p

7a-7p

11a-11p

7p-7a (this is mostly what I work)

11p-11a

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.
No- of course not, our hospital overlaps shifts too, I think that is probably the norm.

I have never been anywhere where they overlap shifts.Is this unique to the USA?

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