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Nurse shift schedule template

A free 2027 nurse shift calendar and a blank monthly schedule you can print and reuse. Write in each shift and its hours, then add up your month — shifts, overtime and estimated pay.

2027 nurse shift calendar: monthly page with shift and hours boxes and a monthly totals column

2027 nurse shift calendar

13 pages: a year-at-a-glance page plus one page per month with daily shift and hours boxes and monthly totals.

Blank monthly nurse shift schedule template with write-in month and year

Blank monthly template

One undated page — write in the month and dates, and print a fresh copy whenever you need it, any year.

Letter (US & Canada) weeks start on Sunday · A4 (UK, Australia & elsewhere) weeks start on Monday · Landscape

What's inside

How to use the template

When your schedule is posted, write the shift code in each day and the paid hours below it (after unpaid breaks). At the end of the month, add up your shifts and hours and fill in the totals. To estimate your pay with night and weekend differentials and overtime, use the nurse overtime calculator.

On a fixed rotation such as Pitman, DuPont or 4 on 4 off? The 12-hour shift schedule generator lays out your whole year — copy it across, or print the generator's calendar.

Questions

Is the nurse shift schedule template really free?
Yes. Download, print and share it as much as you like — no email or sign-up needed.

Letter or A4 — which one should I download?
Letter is the standard paper size in the US and Canada, and its weeks start on Sunday. A4 is used in the UK, Australia and most other countries, and its weeks start on Monday.

What's in the 2027 calendar?
A year-at-a-glance page to mark every shift with a code (D, N, E, O, OC, PTO), plus one page for each month with space to write your shift and hours each day, and a box for monthly totals — shifts, hours, night and weekend shifts, overtime, holiday hours and estimated pay.

Can I fill it in on my computer or iPad?
The PDFs are made for printing, but you can also write on them in any PDF app that supports annotations, such as Markup on iPhone and iPad.

How do I make a schedule for a 12-hour rotation?
Use the free 12-hour shift schedule generator to see your Pitman, DuPont or other rotation for the whole year, then copy the shift codes onto the printed calendar — or print the generator's calendar directly.

Is there an app that does this automatically?
Nursly is a shift calendar for iPhone made for nurses. You add shifts in a couple of taps (or generate a whole rotation), and it works out your hours, overtime, differentials and estimated pay for you. You can start free with your first 10 shifts.