Errors are known to spike during late night hours, but guidance from managers can help nurses adjust to the night shift. Healthcare is a 24/7 business and, while shift work is a necessity, working the ...

As this study and previous studies have shown, napping can reduce fatigue on the night shift. [2] Although not universally beneficial, some nurses find napping enormously helpful. So then why have so ...

Light intervention also results in better sleep quality after their shifts, nurses report. Nurses who received 40 minutes of bright light exposure prior to their night shifts experienced less fatigue ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A few hundred overnight nurses with Norton Healthcare received some special care packages this weekend from a university whose mascot is a night owl. Fitting right? Each kit was ...

Quick Thinking Night Shift Nurse Magically Saves Baby Bird Who Fell Out of the Nest originally appeared on PetHelpful. Healthcare workers dedicate thousands of hours of their own time for the benefit ...

The responsibilities are the same — but there are still new challenges. Working the night shift as a nurse can require considerable adjustments if your career has thus far been limited to daytime ...

Working the night shift isn’t just bad for sleep — it could be seriously bad for your health. A study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found that working during the wee hours ...

When we posted the article Help Me Make It Through the Night (Shift), we asked nurses to share their tips, routines, successes, and failures in surviving the night shift. We hoped to compile a list of ...

Working the night shift is hard. It will be especially onerous this Sunday when daylight saving time ends — the very same evening the rest of us will be getting an extra hour of sleep. WGU Indiana ...

Typical workers must worry that drinking too much coffee will keep them awake at night. But night-shift nurses are up all night anyhow. Does that make coffee the night-shift nurse's best friend? Like ...

Night shift workers — including nurses — face a higher risk of experiencing insomnia, daytime sleepiness, high blood pressure and diabetes. (Green Shoot Media photo) While the responsibilities of ...