A Comparison of Shift Length and Nursing and Quality Outcomes in Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units

Rebecca J Beckman¹, Scott Hutton, Elizabeth Czekanski+2

• ¹Author Affiliations: Chief Nurse and Director of Quality (Ms Beckman), Mental Health Care Line, Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Ohio; Training Coordinator (Ms Beckman), Office of Change Management, in support of Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization, Washington, DC; Director of Operations (Dr Hutton), Workplace Violence Prevention Program, VHA Central Office, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Washington, DC; Associate Director Mental Health, Mental Health Clinical Nurse Advisor (Dr Czekanski), Office of Nursing Services, Veteran's Health Administration Central Office, Washington, DC; Adjunct Professor (Dr Czekanski), Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Director of Educations and Informatics (Dr Vance), Workplace Violence Prevention Program, VHA Central Office, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention; and Investigator (Dr Mohr), Center for Healthcare, Organization and Implementation Research, VA Boston Healthcare System; and Research Assistant Professor (Dr Mohr), Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts.