Rostering: Placing the nurse in the picture
Annette F Street
Professor, Cancer and Palliative Care Studies; Director, Centre for Research in Nursing, School of Nursing, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC
Lucy Cuddihy
Divisional Director, Specialist Services, Royal Children's Hospital, VIC
Derek Best
Specialist Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville VIC
Deane Wilks
Specialist Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville VIC
Denisia Geladad
Specialist Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville VIC
Siok Chew
Specialist Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville VIC
PP: 145
Abstract
A funded study to investigate best practice in nursing rosters in a busy metropolitan Melbourne Children's Hospital, identified the complexity of the shiftwork issues when the people who work them are placed centre stage. This paper explores a key finding of the study, which strongly endorses the need to take account of scientific knowledge on health and safety issues of shiftwork, but argues that the personal, socio-cultural and environmental perspective of the nurse needs to be given more attention by the various stakeholders involved with rostering.
Keywords
nursing rosters, shiftwork, action research
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