title: Mandatory overtime: a necessary last resort.
abstract: As I was asked to write an article on mandatory overtime, I thought, I'd rather not! This is one of those topics that no one wants to support; yet, some facilities have no other way of caring for their patients unless they employ mandatory overtime on an emergency basis. I then mentioned this opportunity to my CEO, Richard Young, and he commented, "It's a lot like asking pilots to continue to fly after their shift. Would we want to fly with that pilot?"
authors.affiliation: St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital, Detroit, USA. nancy.burton@stjohn.org
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D008824:Michigan; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D016526:Workload