title: Patient care may be at risk from tired staff on long shifts.
abstract: THE RISE in 12-hour shifts is placing nurses at greater risk of fatigue, making errors and jeopardising patient safety, new research warns.
mesh_terms: D005221:Fatigue / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005791:Patient Care; D061214:Patient Safety; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D016526:Workload