Hospital staff/no weekends/holidays

Has anyone ever been privileged to be hired as part of hospital as a staff nurse and be allowed not to have to work weekends or holidays due to the schedule of your child's child care facility? I know these working hours are virtually unheard of at a hospital for a staff nurse, but I know it has happened somewhere. So, who has experienced this or know someone who has? I know these hours are usually found in outpatient, but I'm very curious about hospitals. Thanks!
Quote from finallyRN7Has anyone ever been privileged to be hired as part of hospital as a staff nurse and be allowed not to have to work weekends or holidays due to the schedule of your child's child care facility? I know these working hours are virtually unheard of at a hospital for a staff nurse, but I know it has happened somewhere. So, who has experienced this or know someone who has? I know these hours are usually found in outpatient, but I'm very curious about hospitals. Thanks!

Not in the real world. You might and it's a big might be able to do some shift swaps to get a few off.If you can't work the required shift rota you won't work in acute care. Nobody is that valuable or irreplaceable

Some places have WOW (work only weekend) option which means everyone else works during the week.If the holiday falls on your work day, you work it.

Nope - sorry, but hospitals exist to provide continuous (24X7) nursing care. There are a bazillion different scheduling options, but I've never heard of one that allowed any staff nurse to skip his/her share of 'unpopular' shifts.

Thanks guys. The answers were where my gut led me. However, I know a friend who just landed a staff position at a hospital and has been secured a no weekends/holidays position simply because she knows the manager VERY well. A mere example of pure favoritism. Oh well, some individuals are just that lucky.

Quote from finallyRN7Thanks guys. The answers were where my gut led me. However, I know a friend who just landed a staff position at a hospital and has been secured a no weekends/holidays position simply because she knows the manager VERY well. A mere example of pure favoritism. Oh well, some individuals are just that lucky.

Quote from finallyRN7Thanks guys. The answers were where my gut led me. However, I know a friend who just landed a staff position at a hospital and has been secured a no weekends/holidays position simply because she knows the manager VERY well. A mere example of pure favoritism. Oh well, some individuals are just that lucky.

Even if it isn't union someone will in all likelihood be hoofing it down to HR.

Quote from finallyRN7Thanks guys. The answers were where my gut led me. However, I know a friend who just landed a staff position at a hospital and has been secured a no weekends/holidays position simply because she knows the manager VERY well. A mere example of pure favoritism. Oh well, some individuals are just that lucky.

Quote from finallyRN7Thanks guys. The answers were where my gut led me. However, I know a friend who just landed a staff position at a hospital and has been secured a no weekends/holidays position simply because she knows the manager VERY well. A mere example of pure favoritism. Oh well, some individuals are just that lucky.

I'm not scheduled to work evenings, nights, or weekends. However, that does come with certain sacrifices: required on call. It's actually quite a bit, and it's not uncommon for me to work an average of 50 or more hours a week. I don't think the perfect job exists in an inpatient setting.

I'm a day shift charge nurse in a skilled facility/nursing home. I work Monday-Friday as does the charge nurse for the other wing. We are the only 2 staff nurses that are monday-Friday but we do have to work holidays like everyone else. All RN's at my facility take call rotation us included. As the charge nurses we do have a lot more responsibility than any of the other staff nurses. I know you were asking about hospitals but there are interesting scheduling options if you look around. Good luck!