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Addressing nurse fatigue to promote safety and health: joint responsibilities of registered nurses and employers to reduce risks.

September 14, 2016

Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association; September 2014.

Fatigue is known to contribute to mistakes and omissions in nursing care. This position statement outlines the shared responsibility of nurses and health care organizations to limit the conditions that contribute to nurse fatigue such as shift work, personal habits, and mandatory overtime.

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