29 shifts in a row

[u/OGQueenofUSA]

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.

[u/Gwywnnydd]

One of the units at my hospital has shifts for a break nurse. It’s a 6 hour shift, swan in at 11, take over a patient assignment for 30-45 minutes, repeat for every nurse on shift, remember to take your own lunch break, and go home at 6. It’s seriously a princess shift.

[u/Adistrength → u/Gwywnnydd]

I've never understood the not taking your break. If you take your break, is someone going to die? No. Take your break. You'll get there when you get there.

[u/r0ckchalk → u/Adistrength]

Would love that to be reality, but in fact people do die whether you’re on your lunch break or not. Additionally, when you’re so overwhelmed with tasks that only the primary nurse can do, taking your lunch can put you even further behind if you’re already drowning.

[u/Adistrength → u/r0ckchalk]

Yeah people do die on lunch break but ensuring your patient is covered and won't need anything for an entire 30 min should be done. Take your fuckin break.

[u/Interesting_Owl7041 → u/Adistrength]

Ok, but then you’re going home 30 min later because all of the shit that you’ve put off for those 30 minutes still needs to get done.

[u/r0ckchalk → u/Adistrength]

Should be done? When you’re already short staffed and everyone is out of ratio? When taking your lunch entails giving another nurse double their assignment? When you haven’t even started charting yet? I’d have loved to ‘take my fuckin break’ every single shift but in the real world that’s not always possible. I’d love to work at whatever fantasy hospital you’re referring to though. And not the overwhelming majority of non-union hospitals that are deliberately short staffed and over-ratioed as well as little or no support staff. Are they hiring? Asking for a friend.

[u/dfrcollins → u/r0ckchalk]

It would seem that outpatient dialysis is the fantasy hospital they currently work at so yes, their stable, largely self-caring patients aren't just going to cark it if you leave them for lunch.

[u/r0ckchalk → u/dfrcollins]

I also saw that but wasn’t gonna go there, but I’m happy you did. 😂 any dialysis schedule makes way more room for lunch than any inpatient hospital schedule.

[u/dfrcollins → u/r0ckchalk]

Have 8 of your own med surg patients, plus keeping an eye on 8 of your buddy's is certainly a different ball game

[u/r0ckchalk → u/dfrcollins]

Or in HCAs case, TWENTY TWO patients 😡😡 (11 each of your own)

[u/Penny3434 → u/dfrcollins]

I’m in outpatient dialysis and I never get breaks either or my work doesn’t get done. Unlike when I worked at the hospital they don’t actually take the 30 minutes anyway though.