I am new to this site and hoping to get some positive feedback. Looking for tips to working 12 hour hospital shifts as a single parent. I looked at care.com for a general idea for kid care and WOW!!- $$$. Anybody care to share ideas they either use or know of that work for shift workers with kiddos? I'd love to hear all ideas. Even unconventional ones. Curious and determined to use multiple minds to find a solution here.
Background: I currently have my LPN and will have my RN in the Summer of 2021. I work as a care tech 7p-7a in a PEDS/PICU in a local hospital and do part-time home health care for pediatric patients while my kids are in school during the day. Now my family in Chicago helps while I am in school and working. I am moving from Chicago to Virginia Beach after I graduate in 2021 with my twin school age kids. My kids grew up in VA Beach so we are moving back home. My ex-husband is not in the picture. I do have a small support system out there already.
Yes, they are military kiddos and used to moving. They are excited to move back. Chicago was where I grew up and not where I want to live. VA Beach was where they were born and where I consider my home. I know I will make it work, just looking around for suggestions and ideas for when I start my career.
I will if I have to. Hospital job is where I'd prefer because the pay and experience is what I am looking for. The jobs I've looked into out there don't do 8s for the main hospitals. I prefer the schedule of 12s but if I can't make 12s work, I will do 8s.
Leolly
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Yes, they are military kiddos and used to moving. They are excited to move back. Chicago was where I grew up and not where I want to live. VA Beach was where they were born and where I consider my home. I know I will make it work, just looking around for suggestions and ideas for when I start my career.