Nurses deserve fair rates for night shift: the night duty penalty rate for NSW nurses is the lowest in Australia. There has been no rise since 1975. The NSWNA pay and conditions campaign in the public health system provides an opportunity to bring our night shift rate into line with the rest of the country.(Cover story) The Lamp (4/1/2008)
...public health system nurses and midwives are campaigning...for an increase in the night duty shift penalty from 15% to...managers report that night shifts are the hardest to fill...nurses to work the night shift. NSW nurses are currently...

NIGHT SHIFT NURSES HIT BY pounds 50 CAR PARK FINES; Outrage over '4-hour rule'.(News) Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) (5/19/2009)
...fining their own nurses pounds 40 for parking...fine - including nurses coming off 12-hour night shifts. Around 50 staff...yesterday. Staff nurse Cheryl Walsh...to survive on a nurse's wage and to...week. Furious nurses are threatening...

What has helped you learn to work the night shift?(ONE NURSE'S PERSPECTIVE)(Brief article) ONS Connect (3/1/2009)
...time with. I find nights to be less task...part-time day shift position as assistant...started to work two shifts. I now work Sunday and/or Monday nights, five 12-hour shifts a month. Getting...To stay awake at night, I love coffee...are a new oncology nurse who is working ...

HOGMANAY DOCTORS TO GET pounds 700 A SHIFT; Nurses will earn normal hourly rate.(News) Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) (12/31/1998)
...700 to work the Hogmanay shift in Edinburgh. The senior...But there was anger last night at the cash deal for the...times more money than most nurses and 12 times more than...everyone who works that night should get extra money...other people working that night do not deserve the same...

NURSES CAUGHT IN BEDS; Night shift naps.(News) The Mirror (London, England) (7/4/2005)
Byline: By FRANK HURLEY NIGHT-SHIFT nurses have been caught asleep in beds on a hospital ward where a pensioner...Leverage, 44, with a knife kept by staff on the ward. Last night the retired miner's devastated brother, Matt, said: "You...

The challenges of shift work.(Best Practice)(impact of fatigue on nurses) MedSurg Nursing (10/1/2006)
...that is performed outside the typical daytime hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Shift work nurses can be scheduled for the evening shift, night shift, rotating shifts, and on an on-call basis. Approximately 30% of nurses employed in full...

Shift work in nursing: is it really a risk factor for nurses' health and patients' safety? Nursing Economics (7/1/2008)
...rotation (day, night, evening...clockwise, number of shifts); and adjustment...people" vs. "night people...dealing with shift work include...evening, and night shifts. This definition excludes daytime nurses who permanently work only morning shifts. A "non-adaptive ...

NY: LPN refused a transfer to night shift: unemployment benefits denied for 'good cause'.(Legal Case Briefs for Nurses)(licensed practical nurses) Nursing Law's Regan Report (10/1/2006)
...transfer to the hospital's night shift. Nurse Littauer, however...The Board rejected the nurse's contention that the...to the night shift. Nurse Littauer appealed. COURT...that, in fact, the nurse voluntarily left her...year." All too often nurses, as well as ...

Nightmare op shifts; Nurses rap trust chiefs.(News) Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) (1/5/1996)
...fire for abandoning night and weekend shifts in operating theatres...pressure to ditch the shift system at Glasgow...Hospital. They cut the shifts three months ago and now doctors and nurses work a full week and...team together - and nurses say the set-up has...FIRST EIGHT WEEKS. One ...