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/Gwywnnydd BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 20 '25

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.

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u/Adistrength BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 21 '25

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.

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u/Gwywnnydd BSN, RN 🍕 Jun 21 '25

You do know I am talking about inpatient nursing, right? Depending on how unstable a patient is, they might try to die when their nurse is on break. That's why we have to have someone covering our break.

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u/Rakdospriest RN - ER 🍕 Jun 21 '25

Yesterday I was on break when my dude's CT came back.

Coworker texted me, dissection.

Guess who sprinted back to his workspace