During May, we celebrate Nurses’ Week and often we will celebrate how nurses are

During May, we celebrate Nurses’ Week and often we will celebrate how nurses are respected and have grown as a profession. One area that is often highlighted is the working conditions that were expected of nurses. For example, one nursing magazine stated: “Daily shifts ran from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., during which time you were expected to be in your ward. You did, however, get a break on Sundays. You were allowed to have two hours off between noon and 2 p.m. If you were a graduate nurse in good standing with the director of nurses, you could be granted one evening off per week “for courting purposes,” two evenings off if you were a regular church-goer.” (Scrubs, 2016). Wow….Could you imagine working those shifts? So, in our reading, Fallow & McConnell (2021) discusses some laws that changed the work environment. What law changed work hours? What else did it do and how does it affect us today?
References
Fallon, F. L., & McConnell, C. R. (2021). Human resource management in health care: Principles and practice (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Scrubs. (2016). A list of rules for nurses…from 1887. Retrieved from http://scrubsmag.com/a-list-of-rules-for-nurses-from-1887/