Perioperative management: Top challenges, priorities for OR leaders in 2024, per survey
Staff recruitment and retention is the top priority of OR leaders going into 2024, according to a November/December survey conducted by LeanTaaS in collaboration with OR Manager. Out of 84 respondents (some skipped), while 76% chose staff recruitment and retention, both improving operational efficiency (65%) and sustaining volume (36%) also…
Survey reveals how nurses would like to allocate their shift hours
Editor’s Note Nurses would like to significantly increase time spent with patients, coaching fellow nurses, and pursuing professional growth, according to survey data published on May 26 by McKinsey & Company. The survey included questions regarding how nurses spend their time during a typical shift (broken down across 69 specific activities)…
Shift work linked to cognitive impairment
Editor's Note This Canadian study examines the associations between shift work and cognitive impairment. A total of 47,811 adults between 45 and 85 years of age were included in the analysis. Higher rates of cognitive impairment were found in those who were exposed to night-shift work during their current jobs…
Reducing fatigue, errors during night shifts
Editor's Note This Canadian study finds that nurses who received 40 minutes of bright light exposure before their night shifts had reduced fatigue and committed fewer errors at work. Researchers at the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, enlisted 57 nurses who were on a rotating schedule of both day and…
Effect of night float call on sleep, activity, well-being
Editor's Note This study from Stanford University finds that anesthesia residents who worked night float call rotations slept the same number of hours, but had less REM sleep, were more fatigued, and had less positive affect. All of these resolved a week after their rotation except fatigue. A total of…
Study: Frailty in women linked to working rotating shifts
Editor's Note This Canadian study finds an association between shift work and frailty among middle-aged and older workers, especially for women on rotating shifts. The researchers looked at 52 factors that can likely lower lifespan. Mildly frail individuals have at least 5 factors, and very frail individuals have at least…
Shift workers have increased risk of severe COVID-19
Editor's Note This international sleep study led by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, finds that shift/night work was not associated with an increased risk of COVID-19, but if shift/night workers became infected, they had more severe disease. The analysis included 7,141 workers from 15 countries and 4 continents.…
Study: Shift workers do not adjust to night shift
Editor's Note This study from the UK and France finds that sleep quality and circadian rhythms in night shift workers were poorer than in those who worked day shifts, even if they had been working the night shift for years. The analysis compares 63 night shift workers, working three or…
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