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UCLA-OR nurses educate, agitate,
and eliminate rotating shift proposal:
"Our unit director tried to implement a night shift
rotation assignment for day shift RNs. Nurses
with more than 22 years of UC service had never
been assigned a rotating shift. Working with
their nurse reps, the OR nurses researched the
physiological impact rotating shifts have on the
circadian rhythms of the nurses. Altering RN
shifts have been well documented to increased
patient care errors. A delegation of nurses met
with the medical director of the department and
implementation of rotating shifts was cancelled."
Fong Chuu, RN
CNA/NNU Board of Directors,
Mor, UCLA Medical Center
— Los Angeles, CA
