Night nursing - staff's working experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the duties and working conditions of registered, and enrolled nurses have previously been described from different perspectives, they have not been examined from the night nursing aspect. The aim of the study was to describe the night nursing staff's working experiences.

Methods

The design of the study is qualitative and descriptive. Interviews were conducted with 10 registered and 10 enrolled nurses working as night staff at a Swedish University Hospital. The interview guide was thematic and concerned the content of their tasks, as well as the working conditions that constitute night nursing. In addition, the interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using content analysis.

Results

The night duties have to be performed under difficult cond

SUBMITTER: Nilsson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2606673 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature