Student nurses’ views on shift patterns: What do they prefer and why? Results from a Tweetchat
Student nurses’ views on shift patterns: What do they prefer and why? Results from a Tweetchat
Aim: The main aim of the study was to understand student nurses’ views around shift patterns. Design: Qualitative study. Method: We held a Tweetchat in May 2019, where we asked questions around the frequency of 12-hr shifts working on placement; schedule flexibility while on placement; which shift patterns they preferred and why. Data from the Tweetchat were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis to generate themes from initial codes. Results: Seventy-three nursing students participated in the Tweetchat. The majority reported that they work 12-hr shifts on placements, particularly when based in a hospital. We identified three themes: ‘Achieving a personal equilibrium’; ‘Meeting the needs of the care environment’; ‘Factors affecting negotiation capacity’. Data highlighted a conflict for most students, where they preferred 12-hr shifts because of more time off for study, paid work and leisure, while acknowledging 12-hr shifts negatively affected their fatigue, exhaustion and led them to follow a poor diet and neglect exercise and sleep.
12-hr shifts, shift work, student nurses, thematic analysis, Twitter
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Dall’Ora, Chiara
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Sainsbury, Jessica
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Allen, Chris
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May 2022
Dall’Ora, Chiara
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Sainsbury, Jessica
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Allen, Chris
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Dall’Ora, Chiara, Sainsbury, Jessica and Allen, Chris
(2022)
Student nurses’ views on shift patterns: What do they prefer and why? Results from a Tweetchat.
Nursing Open, 9 (3), .
(doi:10.1002/nop2.1208).
Abstract
Aim: The main aim of the study was to understand student nurses’ views around shift patterns. Design: Qualitative study. Method: We held a Tweetchat in May 2019, where we asked questions around the frequency of 12-hr shifts working on placement; schedule flexibility while on placement; which shift patterns they preferred and why. Data from the Tweetchat were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis to generate themes from initial codes. Results: Seventy-three nursing students participated in the Tweetchat. The majority reported that they work 12-hr shifts on placements, particularly when based in a hospital. We identified three themes: ‘Achieving a personal equilibrium’; ‘Meeting the needs of the care environment’; ‘Factors affecting negotiation capacity’. Data highlighted a conflict for most students, where they preferred 12-hr shifts because of more time off for study, paid work and leisure, while acknowledging 12-hr shifts negatively affected their fatigue, exhaustion and led them to follow a poor diet and neglect exercise and sleep.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 March 2022
Published date: May 2022
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12-hr shifts, shift work, student nurses, thematic analysis, Twitter
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