Generation Xers were the nurses who embraced 12-hour shifts and continue to believe that they should be mandatory despite a growing body of evidence that demonstrates patient safety is enhanced by traditional shift assignments (Stimpfel, Sloane, & Aiken, 2012). The full-time staff worked 3 days a week and expected them to be consecutive, a practice that provided full-time pay for essentially part-time hours. This schedule allowed them to be off for extended periods without using paid time off (PTO). In an intergenerational impasse, the nurses who worked 12-hour shifts grumbled when staff assignments had to be reconfigured to accommodate the shorter shifts that the Baby Boomers preferred. Frustration was heightened during the holidays when the Baby Boomers were scheduled their usual 8-hour shifts and the younger staff were scheduled their usual 12-hour shifts. Even though “fairness” is a quality that all three generations valued, how the quality was defined seemed to be elusive. These were issues that might have best been addressed when 12-hour shifts were first introduced. Another gap was education and training in this specialized area.
Although not explored in the literature, I began to wonder if it is possible that the transition from 8-hour shifts to 12-hour shifts has had an impact on the acquisition of the skills needed to become proficient in the birthing suite. From an educational perspective, compressed periods of learning followed by extended time off may not be optimal for retention of information. Unlike our counterparts in the United Kingdom, nurses in the United States who want to work in a birth setting are not trained as midwives. Instead, they are educated as generalists and receive training when they are hired into a position in labor and delivery. In contrast to most of the nurses in the department who were oriented while working 12-hour shifts, 3 days a week, the few remaining Baby Boomer nurses had honed their skills caring for laboring women day after day (or night after night, in most cases). They learned to differentiate between normal and abnormal labor patterns. Relying on their senses, rather than technology, they spent hours at the bedside gently probing the uterus as it contracted with precise regularity. They learned to listen to the fetal heartbeat following contractions using a specially designed stethoscope. They learned that labor progressed faster when women were encouraged to change position regularly and to keep their bladders empty to facilitate descent of the baby. They learned to increase comfort by applying counterpressure to relieve back pain. The cesarean surgery rate was less than 5%, breech babies were still delivered vaginally, and episiotomies were performed on all first-time mothers. These nurses learned to welcome families into the delivery room and later helped design the earliest birthing suites. They moved from handwritten documentation into the world of electronic medical records. Eventually, they became experts in regional analgesia and recognized the cascade of intervention that followed. They accepted change as inevitable and moved on—another common characteristic of this group.
รุ่น Xers ได้พยาบาลที่กอดกะ 12 ชั่วโมง และยังเชื่อว่า พวกเขาควรจะบังคับแม้ มีร่างกายเจริญเติบโตของหลักฐานที่แสดงให้เห็นถึงเพิ่มความปลอดภัยผู้ป่วย โดยกำหนดกะดั้งเดิม (Stimpfel สโลน & Aiken, 2012) พนักงานเต็มเวลาทำงาน 3 วันต่อสัปดาห์ และคาดว่าที่ต้องต่อเนื่อง แบบฝึกหัดที่ให้ค่าจ้างเต็มเวลาเป็นชั่วคราวชั่วโมง ตารางนี้อนุญาตให้พวกเขาถูกปิดนานโดยเวลาจ่ายออก (PTO) เข้าตาจน intergenerational พยาบาลที่ทำงานกะ 12 ชั่วโมง grumbled เมื่อมีการกำหนดพนักงานจะได้เรียบร้อยแล้วกะสั้นที่ Boomers ทารกต้องรองรับ แห้วมีแถลงการณ์ในช่วงวันหยุดเมื่อ Boomers ทารกมีกำหนดการของกะ 8 ชั่วโมงปกติ และพนักงานวัยถูกจัดกำหนดการกะ 12 ชั่วโมงปกติของพวกเขา แม้ว่า "ยุติธรรม" คือ คุณภาพที่มูลค่าทั้งหมดสามรุ่น วิธีมีกำหนดคุณภาพดูเหมือนจะเข้าใจยาก เหล่านี้มีปัญหาที่อาจมีส่วนถูกอยู่เมื่อได้รู้จักกะ 12 ชั่วโมง ช่องว่างอื่นได้ศึกษาและฝึกอบรมด้านนี้เฉพาะAlthough not explored in the literature, I began to wonder if it is possible that the transition from 8-hour shifts to 12-hour shifts has had an impact on the acquisition of the skills needed to become proficient in the birthing suite. From an educational perspective, compressed periods of learning followed by extended time off may not be optimal for retention of information. Unlike our counterparts in the United Kingdom, nurses in the United States who want to work in a birth setting are not trained as midwives. Instead, they are educated as generalists and receive training when they are hired into a position in labor and delivery. In contrast to most of the nurses in the department who were oriented while working 12-hour shifts, 3 days a week, the few remaining Baby Boomer nurses had honed their skills caring for laboring women day after day (or night after night, in most cases). They learned to differentiate between normal and abnormal labor patterns. Relying on their senses, rather than technology, they spent hours at the bedside gently probing the uterus as it contracted with precise regularity. They learned to listen to the fetal heartbeat following contractions using a specially designed stethoscope. They learned that labor progressed faster when women were encouraged to change position regularly and to keep their bladders empty to facilitate descent of the baby. They learned to increase comfort by applying counterpressure to relieve back pain. The cesarean surgery rate was less than 5%, breech babies were still delivered vaginally, and episiotomies were performed on all first-time mothers. These nurses learned to welcome families into the delivery room and later helped design the earliest birthing suites. They moved from handwritten documentation into the world of electronic medical records. Eventually, they became experts in regional analgesia and recognized the cascade of intervention that followed. They accepted change as inevitable and moved on—another common characteristic of this group.
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