Nursing shift scheduling and work related fatigue among professional nurses in community hospitals, including workload, work life balance, patient safety, and quality of nursing care. Nurses, Work Schedule Tolerance, Shift Work Schedule, Workload, Fatigue, Perception, Attitude of Health Personnel, Work Life Balance, Patient Safety, Quality of Nursing Care, Community Hospitals
Conditions
Interventions
Registered professional nurses working in community hospitals in Chanthaburi Province who have experience with shift work or hospital duty scheduling and voluntarily agree to participate in the study.
Health Services Research
Professional nurses working in community hospitals in Chanthaburi Province
Sponsors
Department of Nursing
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
21 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Registered nurses holding a valid professional nursing and midwifery license from the Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2. Currently working in a community hospital in Chanthaburi Province during the data collection period, 3. Working in the current unit for at least 6 months, 4. Having experience with or awareness of 8 hour or 12 hour shift scheduling in their unit, 5. Willing to participate and able to complete the questionnaire
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Nurses who are on probation or have worked in their current unit for less than 6 months, 2. Nurses working only in high level administrative positions and not directly under a shift schedule, 3. Nurses working only regular morning duty without additional evening or night shift work
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Perception toward shift scheduling At the time of questionnaire completion Perception toward shift scheduling questionnaire | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Attitude toward shift scheduling At the time of questionnaire completion Self administered questionnaire on attitude toward 8 hour and 12 hour shift scheduling using a five point Likert scale,Preference toward shift scheduling pattern At the time of questionnaire completion Shift scheduling preference questionnaire | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactNutjaya Keadtikasem
Makham hospital
Outcome results
None listed