ArticleIndustrial health2023
Pros and cons of quick returns-a cross-sectional survey among Swedish nurses and nurse assistants.
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- Shift Schedule With Fewer Short Daily Rest Periods and Sickness Absence Among Health Care Workers: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Quick Returns: A Quasi-Experimental Field Study on the Effects on Sleep, Fatigue and Cognitive Performance.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- Effects of Reducing the Number of Quick Returns (< 11 h off Between Shifts) on Turnover Intention and Job Satisfaction: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial Among Healthcare Workers.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Association Between Missed Nursing Care and Nurse Fatigue: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Metabolic risk stratification of night shift workers in a large retail workplace through clustering and SHAP interpretation.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Concurrent Trajectories of Objectively Measured Insufficient Recovery and Workload Among a Cohort of Shift Working Hospital Employees: Quantitative Empirical Research.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Quick returns, sleep, sleepiness and stress - An intra-individual field study on objective sleep and diary data.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Comparing shift work tolerance across occupations, work arrangements, and gender.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Managing Sustainable Working Hours within Participatory Working Time Scheduling for Nurses and Assistant Nurses: A Qualitative Interview Study with Managers and Staffing Assistants.Journal of nursing management · 2023Article
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Abstract
Short rest (<11h) between evening and day shifts-known as quick returns (QRs)-impede recovery and may impair health. Nevertheless, QRs remain popular among some shift workers. This study explores nurses' and nurse assistants' perceptions of the merits and demerits of QRs from individual and organizational perspectives. Participants were recruited from eleven wards at two Swedish hospitals as part of a larger quasi-experimental intervention study. The majority (79%) had influence over their work schedules. Frequency distributions of responses are presented. Ninety six undertook a baseline survey regarding recovery, tolerance and work performance in relation to QRs. A majority experienced difficulties unwinding before bedtime (76%), insufficient sleep (80%), and daytime fatigue (72%). A third experienced an increased risk of errors and mistakes. However, QRs appeared to facilitate taking reports from patients and planning work, as this task was more often rated as 'very easy' following a QR compared to other shift combinations. Tolerance of QRs varied substantially. In conclusion, QRs seem to benefit continuity in work processes, but may do so at the expense of recovery and safety. Wards planning to reduce QRs-through participatory or fixed schedule models-should consider impacts on work processes.
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