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Objective
To investigate whether working 12 hr shifts is associated with increased sickness absence among registered nurses and health care assistants.
Background
Previous studies reported negative impacts on nurses’ 12 hr shifts; however, these studies used cross‐sectional techniques and subjective nurse‐reported data.
Methods
A retrospective longitudinal study using routinely collected data...
AimTo determine the extent of clinically significant pain suffered by hospitalized patients during their stay and at discharge.
BackgroundThe management of pain in hospitals continues to be problematic, despite long‐standing awareness of the problem and improvements, e.g. acute pain teams and patient‐controlled analgesia, epidural analgesia. Poorly managed pain, especially acute pain, often leads...
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