Comparison of 12‐Hour Biweekly Versus 6‐Hour Weekly Shifts on Fatigue in Student Nurses

Abstract

Multiple researchers have found that 12-hour shifts contribute to fatigue, an insufficient recovery process, decreased job satisfaction, and reduced well-being in working nurses. Unsatisfactory work performance, including increased rates of error, impaired cognition, reduced quality of care and decreased patient safety, increased nurse and patient injuries, and other health problems resulted from 12-hour shifts for practicing nurses (Clendon & Gibbons, 2015;Rhéaume, &