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Nursing care facilities may pay overtime over 40 hours each 7 day week, or, under an 8 and 80agreement with employees, pay overtime over 8 hours a day and 80 hours every 14 days.
When someone in a small hospital needs interventional procedures, they are sent to a larger hospital by ambulance or helicopter. The nurse will work 8 to 12 hours per day. Since these procedures are sometimes done when there is an emergency, being on-call during the evening and night is commonly required. Working weekends and holidays is also part of the job. Both male and female nurses work with doctor in this advanced area.