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Rethinking shiftwork: mid-life nurses making it work!

Sandra West1, Virginia Mapedzahama, Maureen Ahern

  • 1Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. sandra.west@sydney.edu.au

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|April 26, 2012
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Summary

This study highlights how mid-life nurses utilize shiftwork to manage work, life, and self-care, emphasizing the need to focus on building shiftwork tolerance rather than just problems.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Sociology of Work
  • Occupational Health

Background:

  • Current shiftwork research often overlooks nurses' perspectives on their lifestyle.
  • Existing studies tend to adopt a problem-centered approach to shiftwork.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-analyze existing studies from the perspective of mid-life Australian female nurses.
  • To explore how nurses develop and maintain tolerance for shiftwork.
  • To challenge the problem-centered focus in shiftwork research.

Main Methods:

  • Critical re-analysis of two qualitative studies involving mid-life Australian female nurses.
  • Focus on nurses' lived experiences and self-identified strategies related to shiftwork.

Main Results:

  • Nurses use shiftwork to manage nursing roles, negotiate work-life balance, and prioritize self-care (body and mind).
  • Shiftwork facilitates a "time-body" relationship, demonstrating nurses' active reconfiguration of time.
  • Positive aspects of shiftwork, when acknowledged, offer alternative perspectives on the shiftworking lifestyle.

Conclusions:

  • The "problem-centered" approach in shiftwork research fails to address the core issue of developing and maintaining shiftwork tolerance for mid-life nurses.
  • Acknowledging the positive aspects and adaptive strategies related to shiftwork is crucial for understanding nurses' experiences.
  • Future research should incorporate nurses' voices to better support their shiftworking lifestyle and tolerance.