Nurse Workforce Outcomes: 8-hour vs. 12 Hour Shifts Among New Graduate Nurses

Publication Title

TIPS program Little Company of Mary

Authors

• Jared Boyd, ProvidenceFollow
• Lauren Kim, ProvidenceFollow
• Gisel Olvera, Providence.orgFollow
• Lauren Rifkin, ProvidenceFollow
• Berenice Saldana, ProvidenceFollow
• Marc Soriano, ProvidenceFollow
• Bailee Tobias, ProvidenceFollow
• Angela Torre, ProvidenceFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2026

Keywords

california; plcmmc

Specialty/Research Institute

Nursing

Comments

References

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Androus, A. (2026, February 9). 12-hour shifts vs. 10-hour shifts for Nurses. 12-Hour Shifts Vs. 10-Hour Shifts for Nurses. https://www.registerednursing.org/articles/12-hour-shifts-vs-10-hour-shifts/

Ball, J., Day, T., Murrells, T. et al. (2017). Cross-sectional examination of the association between shift length and hospital nurses job satisfaction and nurse reported quality measures. BMC Nursing, 16 (26). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-017-0221-7 

Dall'Ora, C., Griffiths, P., Ball, J., Simon, M., & Aiken, L. H. (2015). Association of 12 h shifts and nurses' job satisfaction, burnout and intention to leave: findings from a cross-sectional study of 12 European countries. BMJ open, 5(9), e008331. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008331