Work shifts in Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine is known as a high stress specialty. The adverse effect of constantly rotating shifts is the single most important reason given for premature attrition from the field. In this work problems tied with night shift work will be taken into account and some solutions to reduce the impa...

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Main Authors: Roberto Recupero, Laura Nardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2007-06-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1320
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spelling doaj-174e36537a044e8881de661b35ce26b82020-11-25T02:10:10ZengPAGEPress PublicationsEmergency Care Journal1826-98262007-06-0133394310.4081/ecj.2007.3.39847Work shifts in Emergency MedicineRoberto Recupero0Laura Nardi1Pronto Soccorso ASL 6 Ciriè, TorinoPsicologa/psicoterapeutaEmergency Medicine is known as a high stress specialty. The adverse effect of constantly rotating shifts is the single most important reason given for premature attrition from the field. In this work problems tied with night shift work will be taken into account and some solutions to reduce the impact of night work on the emergency physicians will be proposed.http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1320
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description Emergency Medicine is known as a high stress specialty. The adverse effect of constantly rotating shifts is the single most important reason given for premature attrition from the field. In this work problems tied with night shift work will be taken into account and some solutions to reduce the impact of night work on the emergency physicians will be proposed.
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