24 Hr Shifts

[manny99]

I know its been discussed a little bit but is there anyone that is actually doing 24 hr shifts and how is that working out? I want to live somewhere rural and the idea of 7-8 24s a month is pretty appealing... someone please crush my dreams

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[txterp98]

No dream crushing here...my group has a contract where 24's are pretty doable. It's right outside of Austin. Some of the full-time docs actually work 72's (Fri/Sat/Sun).

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[taylormade2006]

Forgive my ignorance, but are you allowed to sleep on a 24 hour shift?

 

[Tiger26]

depends if there's patients or not

 

[deleted6669]

lots of smaller er's that see <15k pts/yr have 24 or even 48 hr shifts. at one of my current jobs I do 16 hr shifts and some other folks do 20 hr shifts.
typically you have a call room right off the er to sleep, take a shower, eat, etc
lots of these jobs in the NE and upper midwest.
sweetest gig out there is the er on catalina island. 1 week long shifts. avg volume 1 pt/day. you only need to be available within 20 min which allows you to roam most of the island, play golf, etc they have 2 full time guys who alternate week on/week off and an rn who is physically in the dept 24/7.

 

[xaelia]

Forgive my ignorance, but are you allowed to sleep on a 24 hour shift?

I sleep on a lot of my overnight 12s at a 11.5k annual volume rural hospital. Usually not much comes in between 12a and 6a out there.

 

[taylormade2006]

Thanks for the responses guys. Upper midwest is somewhere I'm wanting to practice when I'm out.