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Long Hours Shifts

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I think you chose a very good statement due to the reason that a lot of mistakes in the hospitals happen due to nurses’ long shifts. There is a good question to ask about the long hours shift, “working 12 consecutive hours in a fast-paced, high stress, physically and mentally demanding environment a good idea?” (Donna Cardillo, 2015). I believe a lot of mistakes is due to the stress of the short time to perform all the tasks for all the patients. If nurses have less patients and more time to spend with each patients, mistakes will be decreased and eventually the communication will be done in a therapeutic way. “A recent study done by the University of Maryland concludes that the odds of making patient errors increases three-fold when nurses

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