Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Study Finds Linkage 55 Percent of Nurses Are Overweight or Obese

Yesterday, Olivia Katrandjian, reporting for ABC News, shared the results of a recently published study that found 55% of nurses are overweight or obese. The study found that nursing schedules affected not only the health, in regards to the body mass index (BMI) of the nurses, but the quality of care they delivered to patients.While this study was published in the November 2011 issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration, it is now receiving press coverage around the country. This study also builds off of previous findings that found working long shifts and having too little time off were most often related to the death of patients.

Click here to read the news article.

Click here to read the study as published in JoNA.

1 comment:

  1. "...working long shifts and having too little time off were most often related to the death of patients."

    Rest and sleep are both necessity for us to live healthily. Nurses for instance need these two in order to truly focus on their jobs as well as for their minds and bodies to be refreshed. No wonder that death of patients are sometimes related to these two factors. This is in fact not the fault of the nurses but the fault of the medical system. Indeed there is a need for a change in the system, eh. :)

    Thanks for sharing,
    Peny@lab coat

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