Efficacy of 24-hour shifts: Prepared or impaired? A prospective study

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-25

  Manacci, Christopher ^a   Rogers, Kevin ^a   Martin, Gregg ^a   Kovach, Betty ^a   Mancuso, Charlene ^a   Fallon, William ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

12 hour shifts; 24 hour shifts; Air medical; Neuropsychologic; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

AIR AMBULANCES; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSES; OHIO; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0032602205     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(99)90005-6     Document Type: Article

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