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My eldest just started her career in nursing. They do three 12 hour shifts a week. She's exhausted at the end of the day, but she's loving having four days of
by jcims 6y ago
My eldest just started her career in nursing. They do three 12 hour shifts a week. She's exhausted at the end of the day, but she's loving having four days off each week.
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago"Baylor shifts". I know they do that in nursing, but I worry about error rates. Is an exhausted nurse really as error-free as a rested one? On the other hand, longer shifts mean fewer handoffs, and there can be errors there as well...
- jcims 6y agoI spent 2-3 months in the hospital over the course of 2 years with a family member. Shift changes were always stressful...lots of commotion, doing the introductions, getting the entering staff up to speed, making sure that issues/incidents during the previous shift were communicated, etc. etc. I personally think 12 hours is the sweet spot as long as there aren't too many in a row. Even if the error rates are slightly higher, I personally would not be surprised to see better patient outcomes overall than with shorter shifts.