From dusk to dawn: A healthy work environment for nurses working night shift

Susan H Weaver1, Amanda J Hessels, Mani Paliwal

  • 1Susan H. Weaver is a nurse scientist at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J., and the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing in Newark, N.J. Amanda J. Hessels is an assistant professor at Columbia University School of Nursing in New York, N.Y., and a nurse scientist at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J. Mani Paliwal is a senior biostatistician at Hackensack Meridian Health , Institute for Evidence Based Care in Edison, N.J. Theresa A. Wurmser is the vice president of nursing research, grants and academic affairs at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J., the dean of the Georgian Court-Hackensack Meridian Health School of Nursing in Lakewood, N.J., and a member of the Nursing Management Editorial Board.

Nursing Management
|March 31, 2023
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