Night shift health tips

Nightshift health

Need ideas on how to prioritize your well-being while working night shift? We’ve got ’em!

Apr 17, 2015 - Many nurses work overnight shifts regularly at the hospital or in a home setting, meaning they need to be alert and ready to provide care at any moment.

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Preparation sounds like hard work. But try working night shift without doing some - it can be a really tough time! So we're here to…

How do you stay healthy while working night shift? How do you stay awake through nursing night shift? Night shift nurses are some of the toughest out there, but especially when you're a new nurse, it can be difficult. We have some tips and hacks to help new nurses out when they're first starting night shift. And, how to stay health while working night shift!

### What you need to know ### Sources and selection criteria We selected published guidance on sleep and shift work from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Anaesthetists. We then searched PubMed and Cochrane databases (to May 2017) for observational studies, randomised controlled studies, meta-analyses, and systematic and narrative reviews relating to the health consequences of shift work and for each proposed sleep…