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/Dry-Cockroach1148 Jun 21 '25

If they only had an extra 14k they aren’t playing the system right.

Usually in those scenarios where they will let someone work 29 shifts in a row there is a major staffing need. Major need often results in increased overtime incentives—better to hold out for those incentives and then pick up those extra shifts.

In the end you work less and make more.