May a nurse work from 7am to 5 pm?

Answer 1

Different countries & states may have different rules. I'm a ward Nurse in Western Australia. Sometimes I work double shifts that would start at 0700 and finish at 2130. We have a 3 shift per 24hour roster. Theatre and Recovery Nurses work 10 hour shifts that start anywhere from 0800 til 1830 up until a finishing time of 2400. A Nurse with a management position is more likely to work office hours. In short, yes. In the European Union we have the Working Time Directive that limits workers to 48 hours per week there's no limit on how many hours you work in a day or when those hours would be. If your employer wants you to work over 48 hours in a week, they must get you to sign a waiver to the WTD, you don't have to sign it.