[dandctaylor]

Can anyone tell me what length of shift NZ nurses tend to work. The hospital i'm attached to favours 12.5 hour shifts which has the bonus of 3 shifts a week with the occasional extra shift to make up the shortfall in hours worked. Do NZ hospitals work on a similar system or do they work shorter shifts?

[IanW99]

Can anyone tell me what length of shift NZ nurses tend to work. The hospital i'm attached to favours 12.5 hour shifts which has the bonus of 3 shifts a week with the occasional extra shift to make up the shortfall in hours worked. Do NZ hospitals work on a similar system or do they work shorter shifts?

Generally the hospitals work a shorter 8 hour shift with 4 days on and 2 off.

When this was discussed a while ago (you could try a search?), it was said that some offer both the 8 hour or the longer 12 hour shift not sure if its down to nurse speciality or hospital?

Might be worth asking for specific hospital details and speciality?

My OH used to do the 12 hour shifts in UK but doesn't know how she coped with them now that she is doing 8 hour shifts!

Ian

[dandctaylor]

cheers for the speedy reply.

I think effects of the long shifts are a gradual thing and you don't realise how tiring they are until you get a break from them. The obvious bonus to the long shifts is the way you work for fewer days than you work:raebanana .

[dandctaylor]

cheers for the speedy reply.

I think effects of the long shifts are a gradual thing and you don't realise how tiring they are until you get a break from them. The obvious bonus to the long shifts is the way you work for fewer days than you work:raebanana .

[benandclare]

Clare does the long 12 hour shifts and we love them as we get loads of time to enjoy ourselves, she's just coming to the end of 6 days off which is cool :clap :clap