Whatever you buy , don ' t get the ad supported play model . It ' s so not worth it in the long term . <| sep |> I am not an ER nurse , but I am a cardiac nurse . i can try to answer your questions . 1 . I learned very quickly not to work Thanksgiving Sunday , as a cardiac nurse . Diabetics , heart failure and dialysis patients all go crazy and then when family leaves they decide to go to the hospital . Lots of lasix and insulin drips . 2 . Its time and a half most places . However at a unionized hospital I worked at , it was double time . 3 . Usually as staff you work a major and a minor holiday . Everyone has to pick one of each . I usually pick Christmas , because I have never been a real big Christmas fanatic . At the unionized hospital I worked at , in the cath lab , I always picked Christmas because a certain Jewish doctor always picked up call that day . I loved working with him AND he only accepts people actually having heart attacks , and not shit the ER tries to dump . Ive worked 3 Christmases with him and didnt do a single case all day . Double time for watching Netflix . 4 . 12 hours 5 . Yes , the hospitals usually give out a traditional meal . One hospital I worked at let you have anything you wanted . I worked nights so I would get dinner and then when I got off I would grab free breakfast too . Most just limit to one meal or a certain dollar amount .