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May 9, 2026Mental Health Practice0 citations

Never events: nurses alone at night in high-security wards

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ASAlison Stacey

Key Points

  • The aim is to assess the safety implications of nurses working alone during night shifts in a high-security setting.
  • Data collected from board papers regarding night shift staffing levels.
  • Analysis of incidents reported when nurses worked alone at night.
  • Nurses were left alone on night shifts nearly 200 times last year.
  • High-risk situations arose multiple times due to inadequate staffing.

Abstract

Nurses at a high-security psychiatric hospital were left alone on night shifts nearly 200 times last year, board papers reveal

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Alison Stacey (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fecf71b9154b0b828766f5https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.29.3.6.s2
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