Is it time to pull the plug on 12-hour shifts?: Part 1. The evidence

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 100-102

  Geiger Brown, Jeanne ^a   Trinkoff, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953144515     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181d0414e     Document Type: Note

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