Thanks, Mary. So does that mean, if my "shift" starts at 8, I have until 8:30 to get into gear, then I work until 4 or 8 and just walk out of the hospital?
The reason I ask, I have a family member who is a nurse and occasionally their "12 hour shift" turns into 13 or 14 hours. I assumed perhaps that the extra hour or two was before "scheduled shift", 30-60 minuts exchanging information with nurses leaving their shift and then another 30-60 minutes exchanging info with oncoming nurses. Is that common?