Fight Fatigue: A Nurse Manager's Guide to Reduce Risk and Revitalize Staff (Book)

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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 concluded 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 book to help you, help them.

Fight Fatigue: A Nurse Manager's Guide to Reduce Risk and Revitalize Staff 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.

With Fight Fatigue you'll find an assortment of proven tips, tools, and resources—take a look!

• Nursing unit survey
  Handout this simple survey to your frontline staff to identify unit problems that may be sources of exhaustion
• Staff fatigue self-assessment tool
  Help your nurses recognize the non-job-related factors in their lives that may contribute to fatigue
• Work environment fatigue assessment tool
  Pinpoint the problems in your unit that are contributing to an overworked and tired staff, and implement rejuvenating solutions
• A resource reference section
  Keep a list at hand of resources and services within your hospital or community that can provide relief and reduce stress and fatigue
• Case studies
  Learn from real-life scenarios that illustrate how to deal with common situations that contribute to fatigue

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

Fight Fatigue will help you rejuvenate your nursing unit, encourage happier, healthier nurses, and ensure greater patient safety.

Fight Fatigue comes with a set of 25 handbooks for your staff!

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 helps nurses combat fatigue problems in the work place.  But more than that, this handbook has tips and strategies to help nurses recognize and cope with non-job-related stressors that contribute to fatigue.

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 has disclosed that she does not have any vested interest in the products or services associated with this activity.

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Learning objectives for Fight Fatigue: A Training Handbook for Nurses: