OK nurse friends and colleagues, can you find your passion and have a greater impact than you already do? Go for it! See this story for an example of how to get started. Passionate nurses at every level, from the front lines everywhere to management and academia are what attracts people to our profession and taking advantage of the many career options available to nurses in the United States and many other countries.
Sometimes it's nice to see research that confirms a hunch you've had for a few years. A recent study in Health Affairs , one of the most influential health policy journals in the United States, looked at the effects of 12 hour shifts on patient satisfaction and nurse burnout rates. Turns out, results are not good. The longer nurses worked in a day, the less satisfied patients were with the quality of care. In addition, nurses working 12 hour shifts were more likely to become burnt out than those working fewer hours. On the overtime policy front, that's good news for nurses. The study adds just one more reason why mandatory overtime is bad policy. It should create incentive for staffing units appropriately and closer to the California standards. From another perspective, we know why nurses like 12 hour shifts. Let's face it, 3 days a week of work and then a bunch of days off in a row, so many sometimes that you don't have to use vacation day...
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