The longer the shifts for hospital nurses, the higher the levels of burnout and patient dissatisfaction

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2501-2509

  Stimpfel, Amy Witkoski ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESIDENT; SHIFT WORKER; STAFF NURSE; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84871868420     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1377     Document Type: Article

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