 Hi guys and welcome back to my latest video. I actually literally just thought of this idea for this video and I was like you know what with the holiday season coming up I like it. I like this idea so I want to talk about holidays and being a nurse and working holidays and kind of what it's like and what holidays you have to work as a nurse and all those things. So from working in two different hospitals what I have learned is that every hospital has a different policy on working holidays. So some hospitals it's kind of first come first served so maybe you like it's by seniority or by who submits the form saying which holidays they want off and which holidays they don't work and all those things. The main three holidays are Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. Those are kind of the big three. Obviously there's other holidays throughout the year but every hospital is different. So my hospital actually we just voted on a new way to do holidays this year. Basically we there was a couple of different ways that they could have done it and the way that most people voted was we want to have work one holiday so like both days so like Thanksgiving and Black Friday or Christmas Eve and Christmas Day or New Year's Eve and New Year's Day and you would work one of those holidays and then you would have that holiday off for the next two years because the next year you would work one of the other two holidays and then the next year you would work whatever remaining holiday there was and obviously if you found someone to switch with you you could do that but as far as scheduling goes that's how the schedule was going to work and for me that worked out great because this year I had Thanksgiving and Christmas off and then I worked New Year's Eve and New Year's Day the last two years I worked Christmas Day so it's just nice to be able to have like the whole holiday off which works for me it doesn't work for everyone else but the great thing about working holidays is most places offer time and a half some places double pay and it's just so different working the holidays at least personally for me I don't have kids yet so I don't have to worry about like missing out on those first moments with them and things like that but when you work holidays most always there's a potluck and everyone chips in and then there's just less management there there's less outside people so to speak there and it's basically just like nursing and the doctors and the patients and you can just really focus on doing your job not we're having to worry about hey have you signed up for this class yet hey have you done the scheduling yet hey what did you correct your time card you don't have to worry about all those other outside things on the holidays you could just focus on your patients and it's kind of special like it stinks that like your loved one or friend or whoever is in the hospital on a big holiday and as a nurse you can try and make it a little bit more special for your patients and their families if they celebrate if they don't whatever you just can kind of make it a better not a better day because obviously it's kind of a sunny day but try to make it the best that you can for them so I like working holidays I mean I definitely wouldn't sign up to work every single holiday just because I enjoy it but when I have to work the holidays I enjoy it because it's just it's different it's special you're just there with your fellow co-workers and your patients and and the doctors and there's always a potluck and you just try to make it the best you can I know last year I didn't work New Year's Eve or New Year's Day but on night shift at midnight everyone or not everyone but some some people brought in like not champagne what's that called sparkling like apple cider no alcohol no alcohol disclaimer there's no alcohol and they brought in like the New Year's Eve glasses and lights and things like that and at midnight everyone took a little toast of the apple cider sparkling I can't think of the name if you know the name comment it down below I feel like maybe I've said it but I don't know anyways so working holidays is just basically what you make of it it can either be a wonderful experience or a terrible experience but it is what it is and part of being a nurse is working holidays unless you work like an outpatient clinic or something that is closed on the holidays which is wonderful and a lot of nurses when they have kids go there because they don't want to work long shifts or work the holidays you're gonna just lay next to me you lay on me I'll be your pillow anyways so that is all I have to say if you're working the holidays this year comment down below which ones that you're working and what you think about working holidays and I hope that you have a great holiday season whether you're working whether or not enjoy it with your family enjoy it with your co-workers make it a special day regardless if you're working so I hope you guys enjoyed this video give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and I'll see you next time bye