Shift Work Hours In Nursing
Registered nurses occupy one of the largest groups of health care providers. Often time’s nurses work overtime and consecutive shifts without adequate breaks or rest time. Most new graduates in the nursing field are required to do shift work hours due to lack of experience. Shift work hours refers to night shift 12 hour tour 8pm-8am or night tour 8 hours 12 midnight-8am.Working days are a privilege in the nursing field and it requires years of experience due to the tour itself being very heavy. What makes this tour heavy is the amount of movement such as patient going into procedures, bedside procedures, going for tests, going for dialysis, physical therapy etc. nurses have to be very vigilant and make sure that all patients are doing well
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According to Admi, H., Tzischinsky, O., Epstein, R., Herer, P., Lavie, P.(2008), “ Shift work can have an impact on sleep, well -being, performance, and organizational outcomes”. There is significant evidence of high risk for behavioral and health related morbidity associated with sleep disorders among shift workers. They argue that most needle stick injuries, incorrect operation of medical equipment, medication errors were linked to excessive sleepiness (Admi, H., Tzischinsky, O., Epstein, R., Herer, P., Lavie, P. 2008). Other studies argued that nurses who took naps during their break time were able to perform better and have a better job performance than nurses who did not nap during break time (Fallis, W. M., Mcmillan, D. E., & Edwards, M. P. …show more content…
M., Mcmillan, D. E., & Edwards, M. P. (2011). Napping During Night Shift:
Practices, Preferences, and Perceptions of Critical Care and Emergency
Department Nurses. Critical Care Nurse, 31(2).
Gómez-García, T., Ruzafa-Martínez, M., Fuentelsaz-Gallego, C., Madrid, J. A., Rol, M.
A., Martínez-Madrid, M. J., & Moreno-Casbas, T. (2016). Nurses' sleep quality,
work environment and quality of care in the Spanish National Health System:
observational study among different shifts. BMJ Open, 6(8).
Han, K., Trinkoff, A. M., & Geiger-Brown, J. (2014). Factors associated with work-
related fatigue and recovery in hospital nurses working 12-hour shifts. Workplace
Health & Safety, 62(10), 409-14.
Harris, R., Sims, S., Parr, J., & Davies, N. (2015). Impact of 12h shift patterns in nursing:
A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(2), 605-634.
Stimpfel, A. W., Lake, E. T., Barton, S., Gorman, K. C., & Aiken, L. H. (2013). How
Differing Shift Lengths Relate to Quality Outcomes in Pediatrics. JONA: The
Journal of Nursing Administration, 43(2), 95-100.
Stimpfel, A. W., Sloane, D. M., & Aiken, L. H. (2012). The longer the shifts for hospital
nurses, the higher the levels of burnout and patient dissatisfaction. Health
According to Admi, H., Tzischinsky, O., Epstein, R., Herer, P., Lavie, P.(2008), “ Shift work can have an impact on sleep, well -being, performance, and organizational outcomes”. There is significant evidence of high risk for behavioral and health related morbidity associated with sleep disorders among shift workers. They argue that most needle stick injuries, incorrect operation of medical equipment, medication errors were linked to excessive sleepiness (Admi, H., Tzischinsky, O., Epstein, R., Herer, P., Lavie, P. 2008). Other studies argued that nurses who took naps during their break time were able to perform better and have a better job performance than nurses who did not nap during break time (Fallis, W. M., Mcmillan, D. E., & Edwards, M. P. …show more content…
M., Mcmillan, D. E., & Edwards, M. P. (2011). Napping During Night Shift:
Practices, Preferences, and Perceptions of Critical Care and Emergency
Department Nurses. Critical Care Nurse, 31(2).
Gómez-García, T., Ruzafa-Martínez, M., Fuentelsaz-Gallego, C., Madrid, J. A., Rol, M.
A., Martínez-Madrid, M. J., & Moreno-Casbas, T. (2016). Nurses' sleep quality,
work environment and quality of care in the Spanish National Health System:
observational study among different shifts. BMJ Open, 6(8).
Han, K., Trinkoff, A. M., & Geiger-Brown, J. (2014). Factors associated with work-
related fatigue and recovery in hospital nurses working 12-hour shifts. Workplace
Health & Safety, 62(10), 409-14.
Harris, R., Sims, S., Parr, J., & Davies, N. (2015). Impact of 12h shift patterns in nursing:
A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(2), 605-634.
Stimpfel, A. W., Lake, E. T., Barton, S., Gorman, K. C., & Aiken, L. H. (2013). How
Differing Shift Lengths Relate to Quality Outcomes in Pediatrics. JONA: The
Journal of Nursing Administration, 43(2), 95-100.
Stimpfel, A. W., Sloane, D. M., & Aiken, L. H. (2012). The longer the shifts for hospital
nurses, the higher the levels of burnout and patient dissatisfaction. Health