Pros and Cons of Quick Returns: Nurses’ Perspectives

Pros and Cons of Quick Returns: Nurses’ Perspectives

Type: Cross-sectional study

Registration: PMCID: PMC10542474

Status: Published

Tags: Nurses, Quick returns, Scheduling, Survey

External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10542474/

Summary

Nurses report quick returns hinder recovery and health despite some schedule‑planning advantages.

Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls

Workforce survey data how rotation direction, quick‑returns, and long duties co-occurred with sleep, alertness, recovery, and metabolic markers for night‑shift workers and night owls. Patterns in the data make ‘quick returns’ and rotation direction concrete risk features rather than abstract policy terms. For night‑shift teams and individuals, this ties long‑debated rota features to concrete outcomes, making schedule talk about health, not preference.

Tags

  • Nurses
  • Quick returns
  • Scheduling
  • Survey

Notes

Part of a broader quasi‑experimental intervention project.

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