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Nurse 8/80 overtime calculator

Some hospitals use an 8/80 work period. Enter typical day hours, days in the period, and regular rate — get a planning OT sketch. Confirm your facility actually uses 8/80.

Shift roster

Hours

Overtime

Shift stack

Live
Period hours
Daily OT hrs (sketch)
Period OT hint (>80)
OT pay (daily sketch)

When to use

You were told we are on 8/80; modeling a dense two-week block.

When not to

Legal audits or union grievances — this is a sketch, not counsel.

Assumptions: Daily OT hours ≈ max(0, day hours − 8) × days; period hint = max(0, period hours − 80). Do not double-count without care.

Worked examples

  • Input

    12h × 6 days
    Rate $45
    1.5×

    Output

    Daily OT hrs 24
    OT pay sketch $1,620
  • Input

    8h × 10 days

    Output

    Little daily OT; period at 80

Common traps

  • Real 8/80 rules are nuanced — HR wins.
  • Do not double-pay the same hour as daily and period OT.
  • Many RNs are on 40-hour weeks, not 8/80.

Next metric

Simple OT: nurse overtime. Worth it?: is OT worth it. Diffs: OT with differential.

Common questions

A hospital work-period OT framework used by some employers.
Ask HR — do not assume.
No — planning estimate.
No.

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