Student nurses' views on shift patterns: What do they prefer and why? Results from a Tweetchat.
Chiara Dall'oraJessica SainsburyChris AllenPublished in: Nursing open (2022)
Seventy-three nursing students participated in the Tweetchat. The majority reported that they work 12-hr shifts on placements, particularly when based in a hospital. We identified three themes: 'Achieving a personal equilibrium'; 'Meeting the needs of the care environment'; 'Factors affecting negotiation capacity'. Data highlighted a conflict for most students, where they preferred 12-hr shifts because of more time off for study, paid work and leisure, while acknowledging 12-hr shifts negatively affected their fatigue, exhaustion and led them to follow a poor diet and neglect exercise and sleep.
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