Fatigue and recovery in 12-hour dayshift hospital nurses.

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• Personal Author:
  Chen J ; Daraiseh NM ; Davis, Kermit G. ; Davis LS ; Pan W
• Description:
  AIM: The study investigated the status of acute fatigue, chronic fatigue and inter-shift recovery among 12-hour shift nurses and how they differed by organisational and individual factors. BACKGROUND: While the 12-hour shift has been a widely accepted staffing solution in hospitals, the fatigue-recovery process in nurses working 12-hour shifts remains unclear. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was completed by 130 full-time nurses working 12-hour dayshifts in three hospitals to assess the perceived levels of acute fatigue, chronic fatigue and inter-shift recovery, as well as their associations with selected organisational and individual factors. RESULTS: Nurses experienced a moderate to high level of acute fatigue and moderate levels of chronic fatigue and inter-shift recovery. Fatigue and recovery levels differed by the interaction between hospital and unit after controlling for individual factors. Lack of regular exercise and older age were associated with higher acute fatigue. CONCLUSIONS: An unhealthy fatigue-recovery process was found for nurses working a 12-hour shift during the day. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: There appears to be a need to establish fatigue intervention programmes for 12-hour shift nurses in hospitals. Hospital administration, unit managers and staff nurses need to collaborate to achieve a healthy fatigue-recovery balance when implementing 12-hour shifts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Energy Metabolism Fatigue Health Personnel Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Shift Work Schedule Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Magnet Hospital; Aging; Exercise; Nursing Work Environment; Shift Length Health-care-personnel; Nurses; Nursing; Work-analysis; Worker-health; Shift-work; Fatigue; Work-environment; Work-intervals; Workplace-studies; Job-analysis; Energy-metabolism; Work-performance; Age-factors; Rest-periods; Work-organization; Fatigue-properties; Administration; Physical-exercise; Physiological-fatigue; Psychological-fatigue; Mental-fatigue; Performance-capability;
• ISSN:
  0966-0429
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047333
• Citation:
  J Nurs Manag 2014 Jul; 22(5):593-603
• Contact Point Address:
  Jie Chen, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Northern Illinois University, 1240 Normal Road, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA
• Email:
  jchen2@niu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Nursing Management
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248287/cdc_248287_DS1.pdf
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