Can Nurses Be Employed in 12-Hour Shift Systems?
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Can nurses be employed in 12-hour shift systems?
Nurses are often obliged to work in a 12-hr shift work system. We have decided to check whether such a working system constitutes an excessive load for nurses. On the basis of a questionnaire survey among nurses working in an 8-hr daytime shift system (169 nurses) and in a 12-hr shift (536 nurses), the amount of physical workload, work stress, and after-work activities were compared. Data analy...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1080-3548,2376-9130
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2000.11076463