Do you think doctors and nurses should be able to work long shifts ?!
Question: No! I think 12 hour shifts are too long. Most med errors are made in the last four hours of a 12 hour shift.
We expect 100% perfection from medical personnel. Expecting 100% on overlong shifts is unrealistic.
Answers: No! I think 12 hour shifts are too long. Most med errors are made in the last four hours of a 12 hour shift.
We expect 100% perfection from medical personnel. Expecting 100% on overlong shifts is unrealistic.
I think no more than 12 hrs
they do work long shifts
yeah because so they can help ppl more and they can have more money too
i think if they work shorter shifts, they will be able to do even better quality work. it will also be less harder on them.
12 hours, unless the next person doesn't show up, then maybe 24 hours with short naps in the chair, but no longer than that.
no bc they could be really tired and mess up and hurt some1!
no they shouldn't but sometimes they have to and they can make it some of them. it takes time and meaning to do this and there are so many out there that care. so just take a deep breath and pray for them take care.
i think they already do, and it puts the health of others in jeopardy.
12 hours is plenty long enough; 16 on special occassions
My mother is a nurse and she works 12 hour shifts.
She usually works only 3 days a week, but she
sometimes has to work 5 days and that's too
many hours.
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No. After too many hours they run the risk of making very big mistakes with huge ramifications for all involved.
There is no reason why doctors and nurses should not be able to work long shifts. If they want to make more money, then they should be allowed too.
Yeah if they are ok with it and can handle it. I really wouldn't want them going over 12 hours a day though. Especially surgeons! I mean if I was having surgery I'd want someone that's NOT going to fall asleep while cutting on me!! :)
What do you mean "able" to work long shifts? For the most part, it is REQUIRED, at least in nursing, that you work long shifts. I have spent many a year working 12 and 16 hour shifts. Hospitals find it expedient to schedule 12 hour rather than 8 hour shifts....uses one less employee per 24 hours. And they try to get by on as few employees as they can. So when your relief fails to show up for their shift, you are stuck to work another 4 hours on top of your 12, while they try to find someone from the next shift to come in 4 hours early. And they wonder why nurses are leaving the profession in droves!
yes there is such a shortage of nurses and doctors that they just need to. if they are so tired that it is negatively effecting them, they are smart enough to know to do something about it.
Our life is in their hands and we have them work 24 hour shifts??? I don't get it.
I think 12 hours is long enough. I want someone who is awake.
Good question.
Most nurses and docs work at least 12 hour shifts, often going up to 16 or 18 hours as needed. There is still a huge shortage of nurses (RNs). While I have great respect for all of the nurses I come in contact with in the ED, I have seen some of them at their worst. It's difficult to work with the huge variety of people/problems on a regular basis and not get a little frazzled. Couple that with long hours and it's a problem waiting to happen. If not just for the attitudes that frustration can bring out, the other concern is simple accuracy in treatment of patients. It's difficult to be exhausted, frustrated, feeling like you're running on empty, and have a 911 trauma or code in the last hour of your shift.
I am a paramedic. I work some 24 hour shifts and some 12 hour shifts. While I love what I do, medics are in the same boat, so I sympathize with nurses and docs working long hours with little or no appreciation. I can tell you honestly that working a code is almost second nature at this point and could partially be done in my sleep. But for the patients and their families, the LAST thing they want to see in their hour of desperate need is a frazzled, sleepy, frustrated person at their door, or in the ED, and know that THIS is the person who will be caring for them.
So, to answer the question more directly, SHOULD they be able to work long shifts? Sure, they are able, but there should most definately be a limit to the number of hours at a time, for their safety and sanity, and for the safety of all our potential patients.
Most of the time they are REQUIRED to be able to. Do I think it's a good idea? No-12 hours is about the max for keeping your concentration stable.