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28.1percent of morning shift
In a Western Australian hospital, observers found nurses and midwives spent 28.1 percent of morning shifts, 22.7 percent of afternoon shifts and 20.9 percent of night shifts on clinical documentation.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Total observed time spent on documentation was 28.1% on morning shifts, 22.7% on afternoon shifts and 20.9% on night duty.”
Is nursing and midwifery clinical documentation a burden? An empirical study of perception versus reality, Amanda L. Cooper et al., Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2021, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1111/jocn.15718)- What it measures
- Observation covered 120 hours of work in a private not-for-profit hospital from July to October 2019.
- What it does not show
- One hospital in one country. Documentation here means all clinical documentation, not only the free text that dictation could replace.