Sung-Heui Bae1, Donna Fabry2. 1. School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Electronic address: sbae@nursing.utexas.edu. 2. School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The effects of work hours/overtime on nurse and patient outcomes and specific components of work hours (per shift and per week) and overtime on these effects have not been systematically examined. PURPOSE: The purpose of this review was to systematically evaluate the effect of nurse overtime and long work hours on nurse and patient outcomes. METHODS: An online search of six electronic bibliographic databases was conducted for research published from 2000 to 2013. DISCUSSION: Twenty-one nurse outcome measures and 19 patient outcome measures were found in relationships with work hours and overtime. A total of 67 relationships to nurse outcomes and 41 relationships to patient outcomes were examined. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this review suggested that evidence supporting positive relationships between working long hours and adverse outcomes to the nurses is strong. However, to make a conclusion of the positive relationship between long work hours and adverse patient outcomes, more evidence is needed.
BACKGROUND: The effects of work hours/overtime on nurse and patient outcomes and specific components of work hours (per shift and per week) and overtime on these effects have not been systematically examined. PURPOSE: The purpose of this review was to systematically evaluate the effect of nurse overtime and long work hours on nurse and patient outcomes. METHODS: An online search of six electronic bibliographic databases was conducted for research published from 2000 to 2013. DISCUSSION: Twenty-one nurse outcome measures and 19 patient outcome measures were found in relationships with work hours and overtime. A total of 67 relationships to nurse outcomes and 41 relationships to patient outcomes were examined. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this review suggested that evidence supporting positive relationships between working long hours and adverse outcomes to the nurses is strong. However, to make a conclusion of the positive relationship between long work hours and adverse patient outcomes, more evidence is needed.
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