Workplace Health Saf
December 2022
Background: As shift workers, nurses are at an increased risk of drowsy driving because of long hours at work and/or short sleep periods between shifts.
Methods: In this study, a descriptive cross-sectional cohort design was used to examine the prevalence of drowsy driving among nurses.
Findings: An electronic survey was sent to 7,217 nurses of which 2,205 (30.
Long working hours have been shown to negatively impact adverse events in health care. In this study, a retrospective correlational design was used to evaluate the relationship between working hours and near-miss medication error alerts. During a two-year period, 5372 nurses triggered 420,706 near-miss alerts on 9, 285, 786 medication administrations.
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