Shift work in hospitals: what are the effects on patient and employee outcomes?
Shift work in hospitals: what are the effects on patient and employee outcomes?
The healthcare sector works around the clock and requires the availability of staff 24 hours a day. This means that shift work is an essential aspect of staffing hospital departments. However, concerns have been raised about the consequences of some shift patterns for both patient and staff. Although there is no “ideal” shift system, this brief reports on evidence of the effect of shift characteristics including the length of the shift, rotation and days off on patient and employee outcomes.
nursing administration research, shift length, shift work, health care quality, mortality, health service management
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Griffiths, Peter
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Dall'ora, Chiara
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28 February 2017
Griffiths, Peter
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Dall'ora, Chiara
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Griffiths, Peter and Dall'ora, Chiara
(2017)
Shift work in hospitals: what are the effects on patient and employee outcomes?
Evidence Brief, 2 (1), .
Abstract
The healthcare sector works around the clock and requires the availability of staff 24 hours a day. This means that shift work is an essential aspect of staffing hospital departments. However, concerns have been raised about the consequences of some shift patterns for both patient and staff. Although there is no “ideal” shift system, this brief reports on evidence of the effect of shift characteristics including the length of the shift, rotation and days off on patient and employee outcomes.
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Published date: 28 February 2017
Keywords:
nursing administration research, shift length, shift work, health care quality, mortality, health service management
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Leadership & Health Systems, Centre for Innovation & Leadership
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411692
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