Street A, Cuddihy L, Best D, Wilks D, Geladas D, Chew S
Centre for Research in Nursing, School of Nursing, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria.
Contemp Nurse. 1997 Dec;6(3-4):145-51. doi: 10.5172/conu.1997.6.3-4.145.
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.
