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Overtime (continued)
- Working longer than scheduled was normal
Nurses rarely left work at the end of their scheduled shift (19%, 13%)
- They averaged almost an hour (55 minutes, 49 minutes)
extra work/day
- Overtime was less frequent when nurses worked 12-hour shifts
(79% versus 85%). ANA Sample
- The frequency of mandatory overtime varied
- ANA Sample 360 shifts (7%) were mandated and
143 voluntary overtime shifts (3%) were coerced
- AACN Sample 263 shifts (16.5%) were mandated and
152 voluntary overtime shifts (12.3%) were coerced
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