r/nursing • u/OGQueenofUSA • Jun 20 '25

Nursing Hacks 29 shifts in a row

I have a job but I sometimes try to make extra money on the side,I saw a tiktok where a nurse was working 29 shifts in a row and at the end she had a extra $14,000, a friend just got a roommate, another friend picks up PRN shifts at another hospital instead of doing over time I'm wondering what are some cool ways you guys.

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u/Kimchi86 BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 20 '25

When I started as a LVN in patient, the only time I did t work 6-7 days a week is when I started my bridge two years later. (I did the math, as a LVN for me to make similar money as a new grad RN working 38 hours a week I had to work 54 hours a week).

As a RN, 6-7 days a week for a solid year. Same facility, mixed between in patient and pre op, so it was all overtime.

Now I mostly just do my time and go home. Waiting till my wife gets rich so I can be a house husband and bake bread. Be a PRN Prince.