Strategies for Nurses to Prevent Sleep-Related Injuries and Errors

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• Personal Author:
  Caruso, Claire C. ; Hitchcock EM
• Description:
  Rehabilitation nurses work shift schedules or long hours to provide essential patient services around the clock. These demanding hours can lead to sleep difficulties, declines in performance, and increased worker errors. This article gives an overview of selected declines in cognitive performance that are associated with inadequate sleep and several factors that increase risk for fatigue-related errors. Selected strategies for nurses and managers to reduce these risks are discussed, such as better sleep practices, improved work schedule design, naps, caffeine, exposure to light, and rest breaks. Both nurses and managers share responsibility for implementing strategies to reduce risks from inadequate sleep. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fatigue Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Lighting Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Shift Work Schedule Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Stress, Psychological

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Injury Prevention Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Injuries Injury-prevention Job-stress Management-personnel Medical-facilities Medical-personnel Mental-fatigue Mental-stress Nurses Nursing Occupational-hazards Occupational-health-nursing Physical-therapy Rest-periods Risk-factors Safety Issues Shift-work Sleep-deprivation Work-analysis Work-intervals Work-performance

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• ISSN:
  0278-4807
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  192-197
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037520
• Citation:
  Rehabil Nurs 2010 Sep/Oct; 35(5):192-197
• Email:
  ccaruso@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Rehabilitation Nursing
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188601/cdc_188601_DS1.pdf
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