Is it time to pull the plug on 12-hour shifts?: Part 3. Harm Reduction Strategies if Keeping 12-Hour Shifts.

Jeanne Geiger-Brown; Alison M Trinkoff

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Is it time to pull the plug on 12-hour shifts?: Part 3. Harm Reduction Strategies if Keeping 12-Hour Shifts.

September 22, 2010

Geiger-Brown J, Trinkoff AM. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40(9):357-9.

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This article from a three-part series provides strategies for safe nursing practice in a 12-hour shift environment. The earlier segments of the series discuss the schedule paradigm and cultural forces working against nursing shift length reduction.

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