Mandatory overtime regulations and nurse overtime

Sung Heui Bae, Carol Brewer

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Abstract

A descriptive study used data from the 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses to examine the nature and occurrence of RN mandatory, voluntary overtime, paid on-call, and total work hours and their association with mandatory overtime regulations in United States. About half of the nurses worked more than 40 hrs per week. Nurses working in states regulating mandatory overtime reported lower levels of mandatory overtime hours than states without regulations or states restricting total work hours. The percent of RNs working 61 hrs and over per week in states without regulations was lower than that in states with regulations. Nurses working in nursing homes reported higher levels of the percentage of mandatory overtime hours worked than those working in hospitals. This suggested that governments need to continuously supervise healthcare institutions, including both hospitals and nursing homes, to ensure adherence to mandatory overtime regulations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-107
Number of pages9
JournalPolicy, Politics, and Nursing Practice
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2010

Keywords

  • nursing/health care workforce issues
  • regulation of nursing practice
  • state legislation

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