Shift work

The national nursing shortage is an ever-growing concern, and it is essential for healthcare organizations to confront the looming issue. Possible solutions to the nursing shortage include retaining older nurses who are looking to retire, increasing the amount of students graduating from nursing schools, and drawing nurses back to the bedside who have left the nursing workforce (Hatcher, 2006). Leaders must assess the nursing turnover in their organization, and they must strategize on ways to retain

profession is one of the few professions left in the transportation industry that have unregulated work shift hours in the United States. Twenty-four hour work shifts are common among the EMT industry and the resulting fatigue is causing mental and physical health issues with EMT’s as well as safety issues for both EMT’s and the patients they are responding to. I believe that the EMT profession needs work hour regulation similar to those of long haul truck drivers, medical residents, pilots and railroad

Case study: TREADWAY TIRE COMPANY “Evidence of Human Resource Management can be traced to pre-historic times, like mechanisms being developed for selecting tribal leaders. Knowledge was recorded and passed on to the next generation about safety, health, hunting, and gathering. 1000 B.C to 2000 B.C saw the development of more advanced HR functions. The Chinese are known to be the first to use employee screening techniques, way back in 1115 B.C. And turns out it was not Donald Trump who started "the

Welcome to the night shift, new nurse! Many people in different professions think you are nuts for even accepting that you will work third shift after going to school for nursing. “Good luck with that”, you may have heard. Well, there is new evidence to show it does not only feel bad on your body when you wake up, but it is increasing your risk fo cancer and heart disease...woo hoo. The Nurses’ Health Study released information and it was recently published in an article in the American Journal of

and Long Work Hours." Rehabilitation Nursing 39.1 (2014): 16+. Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Oct. 2014. The author outlines and overviews much of the current research on shiftwork and extended shifts. Of particular note, this article details the risks associated with the disturbance of the circadian rhythms (sleep disruption and depravation) and its negative impact on neurocognitive function and performance. Nightshift fatigue related error was found to be 28% above baseline, 12 hour shifts also increased

require the ability to work in stressful situations and have medical knowledge. The jobs also consist of long work shifts. These qualities grab my attention due to the fact that I like to work with others, enjoy managing people, and respond well to high-stress situations. I am willing to take risks and I describe myself as ambitious and energetic. Also, verbal and communication skills come naturally to me. One major difference between an OB/GYN and firefighter is the typical work shift. Firefighters have

significantly increased when work shifts were longer than twelve hours, when nurses worked overtime, or when they worked more than forty hours per week. (Trossman, 2009). Working longer hours in a high stress area will always increase the error rate. Designating an adequate number of RN positions to ensure nurses work an appropriate schedule without overtime and that their workload allows for breaks. Managerial staff must work to develop specific policies about the length of work times based on the setting

Officers work is never routine. The diverse work load for officers range for long periods of tediousness too adrenaline-driven, life threatening activities. Decisions stand within each context of work effectiveness. While using discretion, officers entrusted to manage criminal episodes while simultaneously protecting basic citizen liberties. Outlooks for police officers to be all things to all people are mythical and debatably less burdensome compared to other professions. Police work, involves

4063 REV: DECEMBER 15, 2009 DAVID A. GARVIN ELIZABETH COLLINS RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams On a clear day in May 2007, John Amasi looked down on the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, as his plane approached the airport. As director of Production and Engineering at RL Wolfe—a $350M privately held plastic pipe manufacturer headquartered in Houston, Texas—he was looking forward to visiting the company’s plant in the city. Four years previously, in 2003, when RL Wolfe had purchased

January 31 – February 6 Week four at Wild Dunes began on Sunday with three evening shifts 3-11PM. Sunday, the 31st was extremely slow with very few arrivals. I was able to concentrate on one of my goals – mastering the complex computer system. Being the perfectionist that I am, it is frustrating when I feel as though I haven’t mastered a skill so I’m working on that aspect of my personality. Since the shift was so slow, I was released early on this Sunday as there were no arrivals due in at the