7-3 vs 3-11 vs 11-7.

Why not try working each one to see which one you prefer?

Try searching the forums, this has been answered a lot, and very thoroughly in the past!

7-3: Get people dressed and out of bed. Serve and feed breakfast. Toilet everyone. Put some of them back to bed. Pass snacks. Do a couple showers. Get everyone out of bed again (toilet if you have time), do vitals. Bring people to dining room and feed lunch. Take people for walks. Toilet and put everyone back to bed. Pass snacks. Paperwork.

3-11. Get everyone out of bed. Toilet. Walk people. Vitals. Serve and feed dinner. Get people washed and in PJs. Put them to bed. Do a couple showers. Pass snacks. Check everyone twice more before end of shift, turning and changing if needed. Paperwork. There is less to do on this shift, but you tend to have more people on your assignment. Instead of being very busy the entire shift, you have peaks and valleys where you're either CRAZY busy or incredibly bored.

11-7. I've never worked this shift before but at my facility they pass drinks, do vitals, check people 4 times, turning and changing as needed, and do paperwork. They are supposed to wash people and leave them in bed, but they don't get in trouble for not doing it, so they usually don't. But I've heard that most other facilities have them getting up a crazy amount of people, doing lots of chores like cleaning, and even showers.

7-3: Get people dressed and out of bed. Serve and feed breakfast. Toilet everyone. Put some of them back to bed. Pass snacks. Do a couple showers. Get everyone out of bed again (toilet if you have time), do vitals. Bring people to dining room and feed lunch. Take people for walks. Toilet and put everyone back to bed. Pass snacks. Paperwork.

3-11. Get everyone out of bed. Toilet. Walk people. Vitals. Serve and feed dinner. Get people washed and in PJs. Put them to bed. Do a couple showers. Pass snacks. Check everyone twice more before end of shift, turning and changing if needed. Paperwork. There is less to do on this shift, but you tend to have more people on your assignment. Instead of being very busy the entire shift, you have peaks and valleys where you're either CRAZY busy or incredibly bored.

11-7. I've never worked this shift before but at my facility they pass drinks, do vitals, check people 4 times, turning and changing as needed, and do paperwork. They are supposed to wash people and leave them in bed, but they don't get in trouble for not doing it, so they usually don't. But I've heard that most other facilities have them getting up a crazy amount of people, doing lots of chores like cleaning, and even showers.

The 11p-7a where I work washes wheelchairs of the people showered during 1st and 2nd shifts. Also we change out all the washcloths/towels in the rooms. And we get up who we can, but its hard to convince people to get dressed at 5-6am when breakfast isn't till 8am, even if we put them back in bed. Also depends on census (rehab unit) on how many we get up. If its a full moon and the call lights are nonstop, not very many get up cause its just not gonna happen. I hate to put the load on the day shift, but they are 3-4 aides and 2 nurses. We're 2 aides (sometimes one) and 1 nurse. And the nurse is busy passing 6am meds.

I would note is that 2nd and 3rd shifts get shift differentials. Mine are 50 cents for 2nd, $1 for 3rd. And weekends are $2.75!!!! Work two 12's on the weekends = another $200 a month in the bank vs. base pay. I've heard some places have huge differentials. One of the hospitals I interviewd at was $4 for weekends, $2 for overnights. But that was all 12H shifts.

I miss big shift differentials! My facility only gives .30 cents for 2nd shift and .15 cents for 3rds.