Fight Fatigue: A Training Handbook for Nurses (Handbook)

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According to the Institute of Medicine, being awake for 18 hours produces an impairment equal to a blood alcohol level of .05%, and being awake for 24 hours produces impairment equal to a level of .10%.

Like alcohol, fatigue slows reaction time, saps energy, diminishes attention to detail, and degrades communication and decision-making skills—all things that hinder patient safety.

In a separate study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that overworked nurses are three times more likely to make serious mistakes, including:

• Medication errors, accounting for more than half of all mistakes
• Deviation from standard nursing practices
• Charting mistakes
• Errors in transcribing information

Your nurses are working harder than ever. Here's a new handbook to help you, help them.

Fight Fatigue: A Training Handbook for Nurses will help you keep your nurses sharp and energized so you can reduce risk by running a safe and efficient nursing unit. At the same time, it will help you provide the relief they need from their fast-paced occupation and lives.

Fight Fatigue: A Training Handbook for Nurses is 32-page, easy-to-tote handbook designed especially for frontline nurses across every discipline at any level. It features case studies and practical advice that help nurses combat fatigue problems in the workplace. But more than that, this handbook offers tips and strategies to help nurses recognize and cope with non-job-related stressors that contribute to fatigue.

Fatigue in the nursing unit is a pressing issue you can't ignore.

Fight Fatigue: A Training Handbook for Nurses will help you rejuvenate your nursing unit, encourage happier, healthier nurses, and ensure greater patient safety.

Also check out the campanion book: Fight Fatigue: A Nurse Manager's Guide to Reduce Risk and Revitalize Staff.

Handbooks are sold in packs of 25.

About the Author

Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, is the president and owner of AEA Consulting in York, PA. She specializes in designing continuing education programs for healthcare professionals and freelance medical writing. Avillion also offers consulting services in work redesign, quality improvement, and staff development.

She has published extensively, including serving as editor of the first and second editions of The Core Curriculum for Staff Development, published by the National Nursing Staff Development Organization (NNSDO). She is also a frequent presenter at conferences and conventions devoted to continuing education and staff development. She was recently elected vice president of the board of directors for the NNSDO. Avillion holds a master's degree in nursing and a doctorate in adult education from Penn State University.

Vested Interest Statement

The author of Fight Fatigue disclosed that she does not have any vested interest in the products or services associated with this activity.

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