rther ì
exacerbates the professional personnel shortage.ì
The problems besetting the Postpartum Nursing Unit are ì
serious and demand attention. Effective interventions and ì
strategies are required to address these problems. One strategy ì
that has been suggested is the application of the position ì
sharing concept to the practice of nursing. Proponents of this ì
strategy contend that position sharing will enable professional ì
nurses to deal more effectively with conflicts between ì
professional and family obligations, thereby reducing the ì
potential for performance impairment. Proponents also contend ì
that the phenomenon of professional burn-out in nursing practice ì
will recede in the face of an effective position sharing ì
strategy. Alternatively, those opposed to the application of the ì
position sharing concept to nursing practice contend that the ì
quality of care will deteriorate because nurses will not perform ì
as effectively in what will essentially be part-time positions.ì
Over the past two decades flexible work scheduling ì
increasingly has been introduced into organizational ì
2M. Galen, A. T. Palmer, A. Cuneo, and M. Maremont, "Work & ì
Family," Business Week, 28 June 1993, 80-84, 86, 88.
ö Flexible work scheduling includes such concepts ì
as flextime, the four-day week, and job sharing, among others. ì
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