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Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Overtime (continued)

Working longer than scheduled was normal Nurses rarely left work at the end of their scheduled shift (19%, 13%)
- They averaged almost an hour (55 minutes, 49 minutes) extra work/day
- Overtime was less frequent when nurses worked 12-hour shifts (79% versus 85%). ANA Sample
The frequency of mandatory overtime varied
- ANA Sample 360 shifts (7%) were mandated and 143 voluntary overtime shifts (3%) were coerced
- AACN Sample 263 shifts (16.5%) were mandated and 152 voluntary overtime shifts (12.3%) were coerced