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/HauntMe1973 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 20 '25

One of my coworkers works 2 full time positions at 2 different hospital. 6 shifts a week, every week.

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u/MJ_Cochon Jun 21 '25

Fuck that. I don’t even want to work my three.

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u/HauntMe1973 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 21 '25

Yep, I feel this

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u/ruggergrl13 Jun 21 '25

Damn they can't just get overtime at one. If I am working that much I atleast want time and half.

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u/missminicooper LDRP-BSN RN Jun 21 '25

I have a coworker that was doing that, working 6 nights a week between 2 full time jobs. I don’t understand why she would do that and not just pick up the abundant OT we have on the unit. She could have easily worked 6 nights a week without question on our floor. We lost a bunch of staff at the same time and it took a while to get travelers to fill in the holes.

Since then she’s left us and the other job had a unit close so her position was cut.

No way I’d work 6 days a week, but especially between 2 jobs.

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u/jmanjman67 BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 21 '25

I worked two FT in the past and changing surroundings mid week definitely made it easier than doing 6 days of the same grind.

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u/missminicooper LDRP-BSN RN Jun 21 '25

Right, that’s the only thing I think that kept her doing it. Like I don’t want to work more than I have to at this job, but I also, in general, don’t want to work more than I have to.

Before nursing I worked 2 part time jobs because I didn’t have a choice and it was nice to have different scenery and responsibilities. My second job was seasonal and it paid more.

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u/HauntMe1973 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 21 '25

We don’t have a lot of OT available, this way they’re guaranteed their 6 shifts

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u/TakeARideintheVan RN - Pediatrics 🍕 Jun 21 '25

I work with a nurse that does this! Two nightshift positions. 1 day off a week to do her errands.

I would die.

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u/Seraphynas IVF Nurse Jun 21 '25

Yup. I know a nurse who put 2 kids through college doing exactly that.

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u/sleeprobot RN, IR Jun 21 '25

A CRNA at my hospital did that and then payed for CRNA school without any loans. Honestly I was pretty impressed like good for her!

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u/HauntMe1973 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 21 '25

I could never, I don’t even want to work my FT 3 nights a week lol

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u/CJ_MR RN - OR 🍕 Jun 21 '25

Damn, 72h per week and no overtime? Hell no. Why burn the candle at both ends for straight time?

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u/HauntMe1973 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 21 '25

OT is a rarity around here on med/surg floors. They’re all overstaffed (we typically have 6-8 nurses scheduled and only run with 5) so we float to other floors that are shorthanded thusly eliminating the need for OT

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u/SlytherinVampQueen BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 21 '25

I usually work 4 shifts a week. Very rarely do I do 5. When I do 5 I feel I have no time for anything. I respect the hustle, but wonder how some of these people do it.

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u/Admirable60s RN 🍕 Jun 21 '25

Have you thought about working 5 one week and 3 the next? You will make more every paycheck this way if you are OT over 40 hours

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u/GrayStan BSN, RN Jun 21 '25

I fail to see how this is better than just working the better paying job and picking up 2 extra shifts a week. That’s 5 day weeks but if you’re getting time and a half it would come out very close to the same amount of money for one less day a week. If you just absolutely dying to work 6 days a week, take another PRN and work one shift a week there and you’re actually making more since you’re getting OT on the full time position. Unless you’re at a magical hospital that doesn’t post OT shifts? All the hospitals I know of literally don’t have a single day where there aren’t at least a few units to pick up a shift on

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u/Evabelieva1 Graduate Nurse 🍕 Jun 21 '25

I think some people do 1 position FT with benefits then another one PRN to get higher hourly pay...but still, it sounds terrible to me.

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u/HauntMe1973 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 21 '25

We rarely have OT at our hospital, they overstaff the floors then float us when others are shorthanded. Common ploy in our area

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u/GrayStan BSN, RN Jun 21 '25

Hmm makes sense. None of our units have enough nurses in the first place to overstaff so we definitely have plenty of OT to go around lol

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u/eliblie RN - IMC/ED Jun 21 '25

How does their shifts not run into each other? Like clocking in and out times?

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u/HauntMe1973 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 21 '25

They work nights at both jobs, the get tuesdays off every week

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u/hazeyviews RN / EMT - ER Jun 22 '25

I’m going to be doing two full times. Full time nights ED, and then full time days remote work. I’m thinking it’s doable because I knew a nurse who did full times nights ED and then full time days as a school nurse

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u/xX_Transplant_Xx RN - ICU 🍕 Jun 22 '25

I never understood this. If you’re willing to work that many shifts, wouldn’t it make sense to make it an overtime shift at one hospital?

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u/HauntMe1973 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Jun 22 '25

I posted this to other comments but we rarely have OT at our facility due to overstaffing of med/surg units. I’ve heard the other hospital does the same. Overstaff to avoid needing much of a float pool or OT