Nurses who binge-drink also multiply their risk for COVID. Nurses who work the night shift or binge drink may double their risk of COVID-19 infection, according to a study that set out to determine ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
When most people think about nursing night shifts, their minds jump to exhaustion, disrupted routines, and the challenge of working against the body’s natural rhythm and cycle. For many nurses, being ...