Running head: RESEARCH CRITIQUES AND PICOT STATEMENT FINAL DRAFT1Research Critiques and Picot Statement Final DraftStudent’s NameInstitutional Affiliation
RESEARCH CRITIQUES AND PICOT STATEMENT FINAL DRAFT2Research Critiques and Picot Statement Final DraftNursing Practice QuestionIn the contemporary healthcare setting, healthcare providers are experiencing highdemand for healthcare services and they encounter heavy workloads because of inadequate staffand overtime works. Nursing practice is both mentally and physically strenuous in itself and adecrease in performance is likely to happen if a nurse works for long shifts or overtime. Fatigueamong nurses is inevitable because they encounter work schedules that are not standardized, longshifts and overtime work. Research studies depict that nurses who are working in the current 12-hour shifts report high levels of both acute and chronic fatigue. Fatigue refers to a condition inwhich the body seeks to recuperate through sleep after a tiresome day’s work or strenuousactivity. There is physical and mental fatigue. In physical fatigue, an individual gets tired and thecapacity to function decreases as a result of exhaustion in the musculoskeletal system. On theother hand, mental fatigue affects cognitive functioning and makes an individual less vigilant.When nurses fail to have enough rest due to overtime working, it results in chronic fatigue whichjeopardizes nursing performance and provision of quality care.Despite working in long shifts and overtime, nurses are expected to uphold high levels ofperformance and remain to be efficient while executing their duties. Sometimes nurses work forthree days in a row thus affecting their normal sleeping patterns resulting in burnout and jobdissatisfaction. Besides, overtime work and long hours of working can lead to medical errors thatdirectly affect a patient. Most of the nurses prefer 8-hour shifts because it is less strenuous ascompared to 12-hour shifts. The chief aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of long shiftsand overtime to the development of fatigue and other associated risks which affect theperformance of nurses.
RESEARCH CRITIQUES AND PICOT STATEMENT FINAL DRAFT3PICOT QUESTION:Concerning nurses working in acutely staffed health care facilities, what is the contribution ofover-time working versus an 8-hour shift to nursing fatigue?Background of StudyThe research conducted by Gyllensten, Andersson, and Muller (2017) noted that in theEuropean Union, nurses are facing challenges such as job dissatisfaction, and family conflictswhich cause nursing staff turnover. The authors suggest that the best alternative to deal withthese challenges is through a reduction of working hours. By analyzing a hospital facility inSweden it is evident that improving work situations need a reduction of work hours forhealthcare providers. The chief aim of the study by Gyllensten, Andersson, and Muller (2017) is
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