Resources

More Resources on Nurse Fatigue

American Nurses Association, House of Delegates. (2005). Implications of fatigue on patient safety and nurse safety. (Available from the American Nurses Association, 8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910)

American Nurses Association. (2000) Nurse staffing and patient outcomes in the inpatient hospital setting. Washington, DC: Author.

American Nurses Association, House of Delegates. (2004). Transforming the work environment for nurses. (Available from the American Nurses Association, 8515 Georgia Ave., Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910).

Barger, L. K., Cade, B. E., Ayas, N. T., Cronin, J. W., Rosner, B., Speizer, F. E., et al. (2005). Extended work shifts and the risk of motor vehicle crashes among interns. New England Journal of Medicine, 352(2), 125-134.

Bureau of National Affairs. (July 16, 2003). Report says shift, extended-hour workers involved in more accidents, cost business. Daily Labor Report, A-12.

Caruso, C., Hitchcock, E. M., Dick, RB, Russo, JM, & Schmit, JM. (2004). Overtime and extended work shifts: recent findings on illnesses, injuries and health behaviors. (DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-143). Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Institute of Medicine. (2004). Keeping patients safe: Transforming the work environment of nurses. Washington, DC: Author.

In the Matter of Lorraine Deland v. Hutchings Psychiatric Center et al., 203 A.D. 2d 776 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994).New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division 1994).

Landrigan, C.P., Rothschild, J.M., Cronin, J.W., Kaushal R. Burdick E. Katz JT. Lilly CM. Stone PH. Lockley SW. Bates DW. Czeisler CA. (2004). Effect of reducing interns’ work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units. New England Journal of Medicine, 351, 1838-1848.

Rogers, A. E., Hwang, W., Scott, L. D., Aiken, L. H., & Dinges, D. F. (2004). The working hours of hospital staff nurses and patient safety. Health Affairs, 23(4), 202-212.

Scott, L.D., Rogers, A.E., Hwang, W & Zhang, Y. (2006). Effects of critical care nurses’ work hours on vigilance and patients’ safety. American Journal of Critical Care, 15(1):1-8.

Trinkoff, A., Geiger-Brown, J., Brady, B., Lipscomb, J., & Muntaner, C. (2006). How long and how much are nurses now working? American Journal of Nursing, 106(4), 60-71.