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/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