Weekend/Night shifts only- how rare are these opportunities?

[SiennaGreen]

OK, so I am just beginning NS but am thinking ahead to scheduling and working around my family schedule. I am interested in the weekend/night shift option that I have heard about from some nurses. They typically work two weekend night shifts and get paid FT. Some have suggested that this is desirable for the hospitals because they have a more difficult time filling those shifts.

Does anyone have experiance with this schedule? Any major concerns? (Other than the obvious of not being around for family weekend stuff) How available are these types of arrangements? Forget about the two nights/FT, and say I worked Fri/Sat/Sun. Is that more available?

Thanks for any input. I'm just processing stuff.

[Pat_Pat RN]

I work a "WOW" shift. We have to work Saturday and Sunday night, 2-12's but get paid for 36. I also work an 8 hr shift weekly in the ER, but don't get overtime for the hours over 40, since I have only actually *worked* 24 + 8.

We are a very small hospital, and I have the only WOW night position. I was offered the job shortly after going off orientation. We have a lot of good, older LPNs that work on our med/surg floor, but the WOW was offered to RN's first. There is already someone lined up, ready to take my position. :)

[picurn10]

anyone know why it's called 'baylor'?

[SteveNNP, MSN, NP]

anyone know why it's called 'baylor'?

I think the concept originated at Baylor in TX.

[rn2bn07, BSN, RN]

My hospital call this "weekend cadre". In my unit we get paid 40 hours to work 36 hours a week, and I work FRI,SA,Mon. I love it, but it is hard to find, for many positions get filled quick.

[Sterren, BSN, RN]

Baylor shifts are getting harder to find and are not available to new grads (they don't exist at all where I live). But, as a lot of other people have already said, you can probably get a job working Friday-Saturday-Sunday nights. Some units require everyone to take some weekend hours but many units will only require weekends if nobody is willing to work them.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I used to work two 12-hour night shifts only on Saturdays and Sundays at my previous workplace, from 6:30pm to 7am. I had Monday through Friday off, received 32 hours worth of pay per week, and had full-time benefits.

I now work two 16-hour shifts per week on Saturdays and Sundays, from 6am to 10pm, and receive pay for 40 hours.

[GooeyRN, ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN]

Some nursing homes do that in my area. The hospitals don't, though. If you don't need bennies, you could probably find a place to hire you per-diem and give you those hours. I only work around my dh's schedule, so I never get enough hours to get bennies. I will soon be a per-diem worker again.

[TangoLima]

I wonder where all you guys/gals live/work that have such creative schedules. I work 3 12's per week and must work every other weekend. Our hospital gives $6.25/hr weekend diff, so they don't have problem staffing on weekends as everyone wants the extra $$$.

[marilynmom, LPN, NP]

Ya those weekend plans at my hospital are very popular (a lot of people want to make more money, be with their families during the week, have a set schedual, etc).

At my hospital to do the weekend plan you have to have been an RN for at least a year, and its kinda first come first serve basis with those with seniority having their pick (rightly so) and most people tend to stick with these plans once they get them.