title: Factors associated with hospital staff nurses working on-call hours: a pilot study.
abstract: When nurses work on-call hours, they have limited ability to control the hours they work. Nurses may be required to work extra hours and, if they are unable to detach from work during break time, can experience fatigue and sleep disturbances. Previous studies have not examined factors associated with on-call work. In this pilot study, the authors examined state regulatory, organizational, and personal factors related to nurse on-call hours. Data were collected from registered nurses working in hospitals in two states; the final analytic sample consisted of 219 nurses. The authors found that four variables (teaching hospital employment, patient-to-nurse ratio, race/ethnicity of the nurse, and living with children) were significantly related to working on-call hours. Additional research is needed to understand nurse on-call hours and develop agency policies to promote nurses' health and well-being.
authors: School of Nursing, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA. sbae7@buffalo.edu
authors: Sung-Heui
authors: SH
authors: Bae
authors: Alison
authors: A
authors: Trinkoff
authors: Hongjuan
authors: H
authors: Jing
authors: Carol
authors: C
authors: Brewer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014903:West Virginia