Ten-Hour Shift on Trial at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital: A Study of Staff Nurse Perceptions of Their Job Satisfaction

摘要

This study examined implementation of a ten hour shift to determine the impact on the perception of job satisfaction of registered nurses. The shifts of selected nurses were changed to a length of ten hours. The nurses were then given an attitude survey to measure their job satisfaction. The change of shift length produced an increase in the job satisfaction of the nurses that changed shift lengths. There were minor problems encountered due to the non-professional nursing staff not changing shifts at the same time. The author concluded that ten hour shifts were not only feasible in military health care facilities, but that they offered advantages in employee satisfaction and work performance. Keywords: Nursing; Job satisfaction; Work schedule. (kt)