title: Supporting shift workers.
abstract: In interviews with nurses across the United States, the authors became aware of the significant effect nurse executives, nurse managers, staff educators, and researchers had on the lives of nurse shift workers, and on their adjustment to permanent and rotating shift work. In this excerpt from their book, The Nurse's Shift Work Handbook, the authors discuss the importance of the shift system, shift worker selection factors, and the ways nurse administrators can foster shift workers' adaptation through education and supportive services.
authors.affiliation: Nurse Executive Associates, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Alward
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Monk
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology