Topics: The Risks of Poor Succession Planning Programs and ways to Mitigate
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Dall’ora et al. (2015) conducted a study in 12 European countries
between June 2009 and June 2010 to examine the association between
nurses working long shifts and burnout, job dissatisfaction, dissatisfaction
with work schedule flexibility and intention to leave a current job among
hospital nurses. The researchers sent quantitative surveys to 31,627
registered nurses. These included 118 questions about care quality and
safety, last shift worked, and the participants and their jobs. The response
rate was 62%. Over 8,600 nurses were found o have experienced high
burnout: 27% of them experienced emotional exhaustion, 10% experienced
high depersonalization, and 17% of the nurses experienced low personal
accomplishment (Dall’ora et al., 2015). The study also found an association
between nurses working longer than 8 hours and decreased job satisfaction.
Nurses working ≥12 hours also experienced a higher rate of burnout, higher
overall job dissatisfaction, and dissatisfaction with work flexibility, resulting
in the intention to leave the job (Dall’ora et al., 2015).
