Understanding Alternate Work Schedules and Their Potential to Improve Work-Life Well-Being for Veterans Affairs Nurses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The employee experience of clinical personnel, especially nurses, is increasingly vital for health care organizations and is now part of health care's quintuple aim, which includes improving patient experience, population health, cost, and health equity. Nurse burnout and turnover intentions have heightened since the COVID-19 pandemic, with high workload and inadequate staffing as key organizational drivers. Flexible work schedules, such as 72/80 (where one works three 12-h shifts per week but receives the pay equivalent of 80 h), have been a longstanding countermeasure, but postpandemic data on their impact are limited.

Objective

This national evaluation investigates the impact of the 72/80 work schedule on Veterans Health Administration (VHA) nurses. We hypothes

SUBMITTER: Hysong SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12685313 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature