Nurse practitioners' work hours and overtime: How much, and under what working conditions?
- 주제(키워드) Work environments , scope of practice , quantitative , occupational health
- 주제(기타) Health Care Sciences & Services
- 주제(기타) Nursing
- 등재 SCIE, SSCI
- 발행기관 LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- 발행년도 2016
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000162014
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2327-6924.12285
초록/요약
PurposeTo explore the nature and prevalence of nurse practitioner (NP) overtime, work hours, and their relationship to practice within NP work conditions. Data sourcesA secondary analysis of data extracted from the 2012 National Sample Survey of Nurse Practitioners. The focus in this study was on data from NPs in active practice in clinical settings. The final analytic sample consisted of 9010 NPs. Conclusions/implications for practiceNPs working in hospitals and long-term care settings tended to work more than 40 h/week (p < .001). When healthcare facilities used electronic health records (p < .001) or had recently adopted electronic health records (p = .002), NPs were found to work more hours per week than those who did not. Regarding the type of relationships with physicians, NPs who worked more than 40 h/week either had hierarchical relationships with them (p < 0.001), or relationships in which the physician examined and signed off on patients whom the NP had examined (p < .001). These analyses provide a preliminary description of the nature and prevalence of NP work hours/overtime and work conditions related to longer work hours. Further study is indicated to assess the potential impact of work hours/overtime on NP roles and patient outcomes.
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