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Mandatory Overtime for Nurses
Term Paper # 120568
An examination of the legislative initiatives to try and halt the practice of mandatory overtime for nurses.
2,500 words (approx. 10 pages) |
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APA | 2008
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Published on: Jan 01, 2008
Paper Summary:
This paper looks at the legislation under consideration to ban mandatory overtime for nurses. It looks at the dangers of mandatory overtime - nurse burnout, patient errors etc. It looks at which states have passed legislation and which are considering it, and how mandatory overtime has contributed to the nursing shortage.From the Paper:
"The issue to be discussed in this paper is mandatory overtime for nurses and the legislative initiatives to try and halt the practice in the interest of improving health care for patients and encouraging nurses to stay in the profession. Mandatory overtime is defined as a nurse being told that they could be fired or subject to disciplinary proceedings or lose their license if they refuse to stay beyond their regularly scheduled shift, or work on their day off. (Rogers, Wang, Scott, Allen and Dinges). Mandatory overtime causes..."Visitors who viewed this Term Paper also liked these:
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Mandatory Overtime for Nurses (2012, April 01). Retrieved May 26, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Mandatory-Overtime-for-Nurses/120568
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"Mandatory Overtime for Nurses" 01 April 2012. Web. 26 May. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Mandatory-Overtime-for-Nurses/120568>
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