Assessing the relationships between nurse work hours/overtime and nurse and patient outcomes: Systematic literature review
- 주제(키워드) Adverse nurse outcomes , Adverse patient outcomes , Nurse overtime , Nurse work hours
- 주제(기타) Nursing
- 등재 SCIE, SSCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- 발행년도 2014
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000161815
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2013.10.009
초록/요약
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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