Shift Work in Nurses

Chronic stress is known to hinder 'remembering to remember' and so could hamper reliability of task performance in healthcare settings, where occupational stress arises as a type of chronic stress. Nurses working shifts of different types will be compared on their self-report of that type of memory to see if it varies amongst them. This will be done by an online survey which also assesses their stress, mood and sleep. The knowledge gathered could impact upon planning of shift patterns for nurses to minimize chances of errors and so improve the safety and quality of patient care.

Hi everyone,

"Have you ever wondered why some nurses take to working nights quite well yet other struggle with sleeping during the day? As part of my degree I'm looking into differences in perceived stress, memory lapses, job satisfaction, sleep quality etc. between nurses on rotating shifts and those on fixed patterns, whether days or nights. A link to an online survey that aims to answer some of these questions is below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TJHVXC2

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