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To assess nurses’ workload with 16‐h night shifts on a 2‐shift system, we investigated the differences between workloads with each shift on the 2‐ and 3‐shift systems with questionnaires on subjective symptoms and measuring heart rate and physical activity. It was found that the 2‐shift nurses during the 16‐h night shifts complained of fatigue less frequently and showed general decreases in heart rate and physical activity compared with the 3‐shift nurses during 8‐h evening and night shifts. The results suggest that a 2‐h nap, an increase of staff, and a day off may reduce the nurses’ workload when they have 16‐h night shifts.

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Author

Hideki Fukuda; Masaya Takahashi; Heihachiro Airto

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1323-1316)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)