Critical Care Nurses' Reasons for Working or Not Working Overtime.

Background: Around the world, registered nurses are working increasing amounts of overtime. This is particularly true in critical care environments, which experience unpredictable fluctuations in patient volume and acuity, combined with a need for more specialized nurses.

Objective: To explore critical care nurses' reasons for working or not working overtime.

Critical care nurses' perceptions of the outcomes of working overtime in Canada.

Background: Nursing overtime is being integrated into the normal landscape of practice to ensure optimal staffing levels and addresses variations in patient volume and acuity. This is particularly true in critical care where fluctuations in either are difficult to predict.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to explore critical care nurses' perceptions of the outcomes of working overtime.

A concept analysis of nursing overtime.

Aim: To report a concept analysis of nursing overtime.

Background: Economic constraints have resulted in hospital restructuring with the aim of reducing costs. These processes often target nurse staffing (the largest organizational expense) by increasing usage of alternative staffing strategies including overtime hours.

Effective retention strategies for midcareer critical care nurses: a Q-method study.

Background: Midcareer nurses continue to be overlooked in the current nursing shortage that is amplified in intensive care units (ICUs) requiring greater numbers of specialized nurses.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to discover what midcareer critical care nurses perceive would be effective retention strategies.

Methods: As a combination of both qualitative and quantitative approaches, Q methodology was used to allow for the development of innovative strategies as well as to provide an understanding of a population of viewpoints and preferences that can guide retention efforts.

Transformational leadership to promote cross-generational retention.

As the current nursing shortage intensifies under the weight of an aging population, retention of front-line staff is becoming paramount. Studies have consistently demonstrated that the leadership style of nurse managers plays a significant role to this end. This paper describes some of the challenges that managers encounter in their dealings with the contemporary multigenerational workforce - including the baby boomers, generation X and generation Y (the "millennials").