Typical OR RN schedule?

[Wicked Wahine]

What is a typical schedule for an OR RN? Do you all generally work 8s or 12s? What about nights and weekends?

Thanks!

[mcmike55]

No one real easy answer for you WW.

It depends on where you are, big hospital, rural hospital (like me) surgical center, etc.

For me, in rural Ohio, we have 6 OR's but normally only run 3 rooms at a time.

We work the standard 0700 to 1530 shift, and rotate a call schedule.

Weekdays, 1530 till 0700 the next day, weekends 0700 Saturday, to 0700 Monday.

Call team is an Anesthesiologist, OR RN, Scrub Tech, and PACU RN.

If we have a second room running over, we ususally have a crew volunteer to stay over and finish that case.

Call, like a lot of other things, to me, seem to be cyclic. Real busy, in the OR all the time, then it cools off, and yuu aren't there so often.

I'm on call right now, and don't want to jinx myself!!!

Hope that helps

Mike

[MsLeylaBar]

Teaching hospital in the city, we run about 12-13 ORs.

A couple staff work from 7 am to 3:30 pm. Majority works 7 am-5:30 pm.

Around 8 RNS and techs work 7am-7:30 pm. A few work a 9:00-5:30 or 9:00-7:30pm. Some works 9:00-9:30pm, or 11 am-11:30 pm.

So the norm would always be the 7:00-5:30 pm, that's when most of the cases are done. The ones coming in at the middle of the day are break and lunch relief people. The ones staying till 7:00 pm finishes the cases that goes beyond 5:30 and so on.

[Wicked Wahine]

Thanks! I was wondering if OR RNs usually work 12s like most other floors or if their schedules were usually different due to all the scheduled procedures.

I'm scheduled to graduate in December and I'm seriously thinking about applying to an OR as a new grad.

[Fun2, BSN, RN]

For my 9-month orientation, at least, I will be M-F 0615-1445.

After that will depend on need. The latest shift is a 3-11, and there is also a shift that is 10-7 (or something like that.)

No major holidays, nights or weekends, unless on call and something comes up....it's a university teaching hospital.

EDITED TO ADD: This particular campus has 12 OR suites.

[rbs105, ADN, MSN, RN]

I work level one in a major city...

Orientation was 6 mos., 7a-3p

All shifts exist here-7a-3p, 3-11, 11p-7a or 7a-7p, 7p-7a-a few even do 130p-930p

I work on the 'weekend program' where I only work 2-12 hour shifts, 7p-7a, Fri, Sat or Sun nights, but get paid FT. It is a pretty nice set-up and I love nights in the OR...especially level one!!!

rbs105

[rbs105, ADN, MSN, RN]

Also,

At night we cover for 2 hospitals-one right next to the other. One OR has 27 OR's and the other has about 13 (not all running at once at night though)!!

rbs105

[MamaCheese]

We have 8's 7a-3p, 10's 7a-5p, and 12's 7a-7p for days. We also have 8 & 12 hour shifts for evenings & nights. There are many different options where I work. Mostly 32 flex & 36/40 hour weeks. Some of the older nurses who have been with use forever have 16 & 24 hour weeks.

[ewattsjt]

We have 8hr-10hr and 12 hr people.