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lazypucker · 07-10-2023, 03:08 PM

My buddy's wife is a nurse, and I was told that if you have an 8-hr shift, you may have the opportunity to pick up another 8-hr shift right after if they are short-staffed. So it will be 16 consecutive hours. But the thing is that those 16 hours will be paid at OT rate, which is triple.

So work 16 hours straight will net you 48 hours of pay. Do this 3 times a week and take the rest off and you will be paid like 500 hours a month. Say the hourly rate of a nurse is $50, this translate to $25,000 per month....

I know nursing is a tough and demanding job, but that half-a-mil nurse must be really smart in figuring out how to maximize the system... Kudos to her/him.

07-10-2023, 03:08 PM	#42
lazypucker First Line Centre Join Date: May 2004 Exp:	My buddy's wife is a nurse, and I was told that if you have an 8-hr shift, you may have the opportunity to pick up another 8-hr shift right after if they are short-staffed. So it will be 16 consecutive hours. But the thing is that those 16 hours will be paid at OT rate, which is triple. So work 16 hours straight will net you 48 hours of pay. Do this 3 times a week and take the rest off and you will be paid like 500 hours a month. Say the hourly rate of a nurse is $50, this translate to $25,000 per month.... I know nursing is a tough and demanding job, but that half-a-mil nurse must be really smart in figuring out how to maximize the system... Kudos to her/him. Last edited by lazypucker; 07-10-2023 at 03:13 PM.