@artdeco73 …just depends on the unit and setting. Here is a look through my nursing career/schedule:
CCU: new grad, 7a-7p. Manager would put out the schedule a month ahead of time and we literally would fill in the days we wanted to work. So if I wanted a week off without taking vacation time I would (stupidly, ha!) work three 12’s and then would be off for a week. My usual schedule was two days on, a few days off and then another 12. We were required to work at least two major holidays a year and a few minors (Mother’s Day, etc.) every year and a certain amount of weekend days were required.
Cardiac Rehab: I worked 6a-4p. No work on Thursdays. No weekends, no holidays.
After I had a baby: simply requested to go part-time and poof…now part-time. Worked 8-2 every day except Thursday (office closed). No weekends, no holidays.
During graduate school: requested departmental change to ER, worked PRN (higher pay, no benefits) and worked 1-2 days per week, twelve hour shifts.
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: worked part-time again, job shared with another NP. Monday and Tuesday 8-5 (usually more like 6-7 pm…until the paperwork was done) and then Weds 8-12. OFF every Thursday and Friday.
Home visits/Geriatric NP work: I totally create my own schedule about six weeks out. If I want to do ten hour shifts then they will fill my schedule with patients. If I want to do six hour shifts, fine. But once the schedule is made and people are scheduled, then it is set in stone.
I have friend who work traditional 9-5 in management, quality review, etc. etc.