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Are employers getting the shift balance right?

Erin Dean Health journalist

A Nursing Standard survey reveals that nurses feel lack of control and little choice over shift length and timing is harming their well-being

Nearly half of nurses (43%) have no say in their shift patterns and more than a quarter (28%) are unsatisfied with their work-life balance, according to a joint survey by Nursing Standard and the University of Southampton (UoS).

Nursing Standard. 36, 3, 8-10. doi: 10.7748/ns.36.3.8.s6

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03 March 2021 / Vol 36 issue 3

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