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Shift Durations
- Over one third of the shifts were scheduled for 12.5 hours or longer, and 43% of the shifts exceeded 12.5 consecutive hours.
- There were 44 shifts scheduled for > 20 consecutive hours, and 123 shifts where nurses worked > 20 consecutive hours.
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