Nurses’ Shift Length and Overtime Working in 12 European Countries
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Nurses’ Shift Length and Overtime Working in 12 European Countries
BACKGROUND Despite concerns as to whether nurses can perform reliably and effectively when working longer shifts, a pattern of two 12- to 13-hour shifts per day is becoming common in many hospitals to reduce shift to shift handovers, staffing overlap, and hence costs. OBJECTIVES To describe shift patterns of European nurses and investigate whether shift length and working beyond contracted ho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Care
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0025-7079
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000233