Journal
APPLIED ERGONOMICS
Volume 100, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103647
Keywords
Occupational fatigue; Nurses; Shift-work; Sleep
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- National Council State Board of Nursing (NCSBN) [R91013]
- Dean's Kelting Fund, University of Iowa-College of Nursing
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Nurses play a crucial role in intercepting errors at the point of care, facing significant levels of acute and total fatigue. Factors such as staffing adequacy, exercise, and sleep are strong predictors in managing nurse fatigue comprehensively.
Nurses function at the point of care and assume a significant role in intercepting errors. They work in a mentally and physically demanding profession that is comprised of shift-work, subjecting nurses to considerable fatigue. Yet, few studies constructed a comprehensive model that integrates personal and occupational factors to explore their relationship with various types of fatigue (acute, chronic, physical, mental, and total). Here, we examine this type of comprehensive fatigue-model, in a report that represents one aim of a larger, mixed-methods study. The study sample comprised of 1137 registered nurses working in eight hospitals in a Midwestern state. Nurses reported higher levels of acute and total fatigue than chronic and physical fatigue. Staffing and resource adequacy, exercise, and sleep were among the strongest predictors. Since fatigue is a multi-faceted construct, a comprehensive fatigue-management strategy that targets both day and night-shift nurses is the optimal way to manage nurse fatigue.
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