Shift Types

[1969]

If an 8 hr shift is 4 on 2 off, that's only 32 hrs. Should the pay be more than normal, or is this just considered part time? What if it's rotating, I'm confused by all this.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

This is going to be specific to the facility, so you're going to need to ask the details of someone in HR.

However, here's how it is where I work. 32 hours would be considered a 0.8 FTE. My facility considers 0.8 and above as full time when it comes to benefits (0.7 FTE and below have to pay a larger percentage of the premium). The pay does not differ because someone is less than a 1.0 FTE. During certain hours, a shift differential is paid. It's a separate line on the pay stub and isn't part of the base pay.

[Floor_Nurse]

It's usually a schedule over a 2 week period ( or perhaps 4 weeks?) Take an old calander and write "ON" four times, then "OFF" two times over and over until you fill the whole month. I' pretty sure you'll always have a total of 5 "ON" days for any given week (from a Sunday to a Saturday). Your off days are never consistent with this kind of pattern but at least you're not loosing money.

The reason employers do this is to maximize nurse confusion! 😁

[Aj32Cna]

I also work a 4 on 2 off rotation. I work 8hr shifts. My schedule makes it so I work sun,mon,tue,wed. Off thur,friday. Work sat, sun,mon,tues. Off wed,thur. Work fri,sat, sun,mon. It just keeps rotating like this so my days off move ahead one day each week.

When it comes to full time I have four weeks of 40hrs and then 2 weeks of 32hrs. I only have short weeks when my days to work are in the middle of the week. (Off sun,mon work tue,wed,thur,fri. Off sat) then off sun, work m/t/w/th off Friday/sat

Hope this helps

[Aj32Cna]

You also don't get many weekends off (work four Sundays then I'm off for two)

But I love knowing my schedule months in advance I just write down the days I work on my calendar so I can flip months ahead and tell you if I'm working