Survey: Nurse overtime negatively affects patient care
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, May 22, 2008
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New research on mandatory nurse overtime concludes that this overtime (and insufficient staffing) can result in errors in patient care.
The study, conducted by the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, surveyed 1,500 of the 19,000 Milwaukee-area nurses during April 2008. In this survey, 42% reported working mandatory overtime at least twice a month, and fatigue was closely associated with patient errors as more than 500 nurses reported errors that have occurred as a result of fatigue. Additionally, 90% of those surveyed reported that there were units within their facility they felt were unsafe for patients due to short staffing.
The federation plans to use the survey results to support proposed state legislation that addresses mandatory overtime, safe work environments, and safe staffing for nurses.
Sources: Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, The Business Journal of Milwaukee, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Other articles of interest:
New York lawmakers ban mandatory double shifts
Hourly rounding improves patient safety
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