New York lawmakers ban mandatory double shifts
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, June 28, 2007
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In New York, the image of an exhausted nurse collapsing after working a double shift is set to disappear. Last week, the New York State Assembly passed a bill in a 132-2 vote that would ban the practice of requiring nurses to work overtime.
The measure would limit the number of hours a nurse can work consecutively but would not ban nurses from voluntarily working overtime. Supporters of the bill say that the bill will improve patient care as it attracts more applicants to the field of nursing. Opponents argue that the bill will force hospitals to work short-handed, thus harming patient care.
The bill will now go to the State Senate for approval.
Sources: The Times Herald-Record, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Other articles of interest:
Nurses at Louisiana hospital make bids for shifts
Senator proposes bill that would help educate nurses
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