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/r0ckchalk 🔥out Supermutt nurse, now WFH coding 😍 Jun 21 '25

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.

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u/Adistrength BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 21 '25

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.

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u/r0ckchalk 🔥out Supermutt nurse, now WFH coding 😍 Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25

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.

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

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.

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u/r0ckchalk 🔥out Supermutt nurse, now WFH coding 😍 Jun 21 '25

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.

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

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

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u/r0ckchalk 🔥out Supermutt nurse, now WFH coding 😍 Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25

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

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u/Penny3434 RN 🍕 Jun 21 '25

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.