The shift schedule is a timetable for distributing work alternately and equally among nurses and arranging shifts. This schedule is used for three purposes:

. Distributing work in excess of normal working hours fairly and equally among nurses, such as: staying up late - weekends - working with overtime pay

. Distributing difficult or undesirable work equally among nurses, such as home visits and childbirth in health units

. Divide excess duties among all employees.

. Rules for making shift schedules

 There are two basic rules that must be respected when distributing different tasks alternately among employees:

. The shift work period must be equal to the same schedule, and the work period may be a day, a week, or a month.

. The number of nurses working in shifts must be equal to the number of work periods or the number of activities

. When setting a shift schedule, the following must be taken into account

. The start date of the shift week is written in the column to the right

. The place of work or its period is written horizontally in the table

. Fill in from right to left, beginning each new line with the last name in the previous column.