VA what shift is considered "off tour"?

[tl8834ap]

I renently got a student nurse tech job at the VA. 1/2 of our shifts during the summer must be "off tour shifts".

It seeems there is a DAY shift 0730-1400

And an EVENING shift 1330-MN

and then a NIGHT shift 2330-0730

So does "off-tour" pertain only to the night shift? Or can "off tour" also include the evening shift?

I need to sign up for summer class and I am trying to figure out what a good school, sleep, work schedule will be. Thank you for helping!!!

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Something seems wrong with the hours you've posted. Maybe you're fuzzy on military time, but....you've got daylight scheduled for only 6 hours (taking out lunch), ending at 2pm and evening shift starting wicked early at 1:30 in the afternoon and going to midnight (which is still a 10 hour shift--minus dinner--and that might be the case but not really the norm, which would be 8 OR 12 hours). Only your Night shift looks normal to me.

Facilities can stagger start times; dayshift can start at half-hour intervals anywhere from 0600-0800, but they go for at least 8 hours, and sometimes 12, depending on the unit.

To answer your general question, though, "off tour" is anything outside of daylight, meaning evening and night shifts: depending on the facility, it's going to be anywhere from 3pm (1500) onward through until 0600-0800 (see above).

Does that help clarify, or further confuse? :)

[tl8834ap]

Yes thank you, it makes sense

I did screw up my times,

day 0730-1600

evening 1530-MIN

night 2330-0730