Project overview
Funded by NIHR ARC Wessex, the aim of this research is to provide evidence to support decision making about deployment of nursing shift patterns on acute, mental health and community hospital wards in England. To do this we will:
1) Understand how shift work may impact on the experience of work and productivity from the nurses’ perspective, including an assessment of preferences and constraints through a survey
2) Determine the availability and quality of nurse and patient routinely collected data
3) If data are of good quality, measure associations between shift patterns, workforce characteristics and outcomes including nurses’ sickness
Design and methods
This research will consist of three parts:
1) A survey
2) Routinely collected data extraction from Trusts
3) Data analysis
We will work with our partner trusts to access routine data. We will assess feasibility and data quality of such data.
1) Understand how shift work may impact on the experience of work and productivity from the nurses’ perspective, including an assessment of preferences and constraints through a survey
2) Determine the availability and quality of nurse and patient routinely collected data
3) If data are of good quality, measure associations between shift patterns, workforce characteristics and outcomes including nurses’ sickness
Design and methods
This research will consist of three parts:
1) A survey
2) Routinely collected data extraction from Trusts
3) Data analysis
We will work with our partner trusts to access routine data. We will assess feasibility and data quality of such data.
Staff
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