Just out of curiosity I wonder who across the world officially works the longest long day. Rules are travelling time plus working hours......
My regular hours are 07.00 till 19.30 which is a reasonable 12.5 hours plus an hours travelling so 13.5.
My bank ward works 07.00 till 21.00hrs a much more feet wearing, back breaking 14 hours plus an hours travelling so 15 in total.
but my day is a walk in the park compared to a colleague who also works the 07.00 till 21.00hrs but with 2 hours travelling per day, which by my sums makes his day 16 hours. Fine for a one off but two in a row makes my eyes water.
I am sure there are nurses out there working longer so over to you................
Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
The longest number of hours worked straight was 52 for me. I left night shift and went straight to a disaster field training weekend. Got zero sleep. They were two different agencies (hospital shift, then government sponsored disaster team), so I don't know if that counts or not. I slept for two days!
Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
Been working alot of 17 hr shifts lately due to call offs and short staff. Todays my first day off in a 3 day stretch of 2 17hr days and a 9hr day and told my boyfriend I'm exhusted and I ache all over. He had the balls to say "get over it, your job is not that physically demanding"!! Men.....if they only knew.
We used to have problems with nurses moonlighting for extra money. They'd work a 12 hour night shift at another hospital, then come on duty at our hospital to work another 12. When incidents started happening and efficiency took some serious knocks, management put a stop to it.
You can push yourself for 20+ hours, but there's no doubt that your patients are at risk.
Men.....if they only knew.
canesdukegirl, BSN, RN
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The longest number of hours worked straight was 52 for me. I left night shift and went straight to a disaster field training weekend. Got zero sleep. They were two different agencies (hospital shift, then government sponsored disaster team), so I don't know if that counts or not. I slept for two days!