DRIVING CHANGE 1 NURSE AT A TIME
It is our job to drive change and implement 8-hour shifts!
Along with patients health, working 12-hr shifts also imposes a risk on mental and physical health for nurses. In the article, “Effects of Extended Work Shifts and Shift Work on Patient Safety, Productivity, and Employee Health,” Simone Keller states that although nurses are likely to …
When most nurses think of working only three days a week for 12 hours you would assume they would be excited, and more impelled to work harder on their work days, right? According to the article titled “The Longer The Shifts For Hospital Nurses, The …
Throughout history it has been known that longer shifts pose an increased risk for medical errors. In 2017, a nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, RaDonda Vaught, made a medical error that would cause her to lose her job, her license, and require her to …