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Critical Care Nurses' Reasons for Working or Not Working Overtime.

Vanessa M Lobo1, Jenny Ploeg2, Anita Fisher2

  • 1Vanessa M. Lobo develops workshops for clinicians and teaches in Health Organization Management at the Canadian University Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jenny Ploeg is a professor in the School of Nursing and associate member, Department of Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. She is scientific director of the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit, School of Nursing, McMaster University. Anita Fisher is an associate professor in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science at McMaster University. Gladys Peachey is retired from the faculty of Nursing at McMaster University. Noori Akhtar-Danesh is an associate professor of biostatistics, School of Nursing, McMaster University. vanessa.m.lobo@gmail.com.

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|December 4, 2018
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Critical care nurses work overtime for financial gain, collegial support, and career advancement. However, fatigue, prior commitments, and insufficient notice often prevent them from working extra hours.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Management
  • Critical Care Medicine

Background:

  • Registered nurses globally are increasingly working overtime.
  • Critical care settings face high patient volumes and acuity, demanding specialized staff.
  • Overtime is prevalent in critical care due to unpredictable patient loads and staffing needs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the motivations behind critical care nurses working overtime.
  • To understand the factors influencing critical care nurses' decisions to decline overtime.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted semistructured interviews with 28 frontline nurses.
  • Included nurses from 11 critical care units in Ontario, Canada.
  • Employed Thorne's interpretive description methodology for analysis.

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Main Results:

  • Primary reasons for working overtime: financial gain (96%), helping colleagues (68%), continuity of care (39%), and career development (39%).
  • Key reasons for not working overtime: fatigue (50%), prior plans (71%), and inadequate notice (61%).

Conclusions:

  • Study offers novel insights into Canadian critical care nurses' overtime decisions.
  • Findings extend existing literature on nurse overtime.
  • Further research needed on administrative decision-making regarding overtime.