Negotiating competing priorities in nurse shift scheduling
Negotiating competing priorities in nurse shift scheduling
Globally, healthcare systems are losing nursing staff due to a poor work-life balance, among other job factors. Shift scheduling is a point of potential and actual conflict between organisations and nursing staff because of their differing priorities. Through interviews with nursing staff and managers, this evidence brief reports the findings of a qualitative study that reveals that collaborative and compromising approaches are the most effective ways to prevent conflicts from escalating. By reasonably meeting nurses’ preferences through these approaches, organisations can support both individual well-being and organisational goals. Conversely, rigid policies and competing approaches often lead to conflict, low morale and turnover.
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Barker, Hannah
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Griffiths, Peter
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December 2025
Barker, Hannah
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Griffiths, Peter
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Dall'ora, Chiara
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Emmanuel, Talia
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Ejebu, Ourega-Zoé
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Barker, Hannah, Griffiths, Peter and Dall'ora, Chiara
,
Emmanuel, Talia and Ejebu, Ourega-Zoé
(eds.)
(2025)
Negotiating competing priorities in nurse shift scheduling.
Evidence Brief, , [31].
Abstract
Globally, healthcare systems are losing nursing staff due to a poor work-life balance, among other job factors. Shift scheduling is a point of potential and actual conflict between organisations and nursing staff because of their differing priorities. Through interviews with nursing staff and managers, this evidence brief reports the findings of a qualitative study that reveals that collaborative and compromising approaches are the most effective ways to prevent conflicts from escalating. By reasonably meeting nurses’ preferences through these approaches, organisations can support both individual well-being and organisational goals. Conversely, rigid policies and competing approaches often lead to conflict, low morale and turnover.
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Published date: December 2025
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