Nurse fatigue was a concern long before March 2020, but the pandemic has spurred more discussions about the effects that long hours and mandatory overtime have on patient safety and employee well-being.
When an internal memo from the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada circulated online recently, detailing the hospital's plans to enact mandatory overtime, the pushback was immediate and intense. Under pressure from nurses and the local service employees union, Secure Employees International Union (SEIU Local 1107), the hospital opted to offer voluntary shifts instead
