AORN Journal
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 88-95, July 2008

Fatigue and Charting Errors: The Benefit of a Reduced Call Schedule

  • Anna Warren, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNA-BC

      Affiliations

    • Anna Warren, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNA-BC, was the OR director at Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, NC, at the time this article was written.
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  • Rebecca Creech Tart, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rebecca Creech Tart, PhD, is the director for research and evidence-based practice at Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, NC.

ABSTRACT 

THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE caused by long work hours, working on call, and insufficient rest periods are often overlooked during reviews of perioperative documentation errors.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN fatigue and nurse charting errors prior to and after implementation of a reduced call schedule was examined at a not-for-profit, Magnet community hospital.

A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION in nursing documentation errors was observed after the reduced call schedule was implemented, with the greatest reduction in errors seen among nurses working 12-hour or call shifts. AORN J 88 (July 2008) 88–95. © AORN, Inc, 2008.

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 Editor's note: Magnet is a trademark of the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, MD.

PII: S0001-2092(08)00208-1

doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2008.03.016

AORN Journal
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 88-95, July 2008

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