Many health care organizations engage in mandatory overtime as a solution to understaffing. ANA opposes the use of overtime as a staffing solution. Overtime is not a sustainable solution and has led to:
Reduced patient satisfaction
An increase in patient adverse events (falls, pressure ulcers, catheter associated urinary tract infections)
Preventable medication and medical errors
Increased patient mortality
Decreased job satisfaction
Decreased nurse recruitment and retention
Nurse fatigue
Deficits in nurse’s work performance
Job related injuries (needlestick injuries and musculoskeletal problems, sleep disturbances, exhaustion)
Chronic illness of nurse (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease)
Health care Litigation
Many health care organizations engage in mandatory overtime as a solution to understaffing. ANA opposes the use of overtime as a staffing solution. Overtime is not a sustainable solution and has led to:Reduced patient satisfactionAn increase in patient adverse events (falls, pressure ulcers, catheter associated urinary tract infections)Preventable medication and medical errorsIncreased patient mortalityDecreased job satisfactionDecreased nurse recruitment and retentionNurse fatigueDeficits in nurse’s work performanceJob related injuries (needlestick injuries and musculoskeletal problems, sleep disturbances, exhaustion)Chronic illness of nurse (hypertension, diabetes, heart disease)Health care Litigation
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