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Twelve‐hour shift on ITU: a nursing evaluation
Author(s) -
Richardson Annette,
Dabner Nichola,
Curtis Sarah
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nursing in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1478-5153
pISSN - 1362-1017
DOI - 10.1046/j.1478-5153.2003.00016.x
Subject(s) - nursing , nursing staff , job satisfaction , medicine , psychology , social psychology
Summary• This paper describes the introduction and subsequent evaluation of a 12‐h shift system in a large ITU in the northeast of UK • To date, only a small number of studies has evaluated nurses working the 12‐h shifts in critical care areas • To evaluate the level of staff satisfaction, data were collected by means of a questionnaire involving 41 nurses, at 3 months following the introduction of the 12‐h shifts • The responses from the evaluation advocated the continuation of 12‐h shifts with alternative shift patterns for nurses who felt dissatisfied with the current system • Twelve‐hour shifts can be seen as a flexible system for nurses working in intensive care and may assist with staff satisfaction and improving nurse recruitment and retention