Negative impacts of shiftwork and long work hours

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• Personal Author:
  Caruso, Claire C.
• Description:
  Purpose: Healthcare organizations often have to provide patient care around the clock. Shift work (any shift outside of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m) and long work hours increase the risk for short sleep duration and sleep disturbances. Thirty-two percent of healthcare workers report they do not get enough sleep. The purpose of the article is to give an overview of the wide range of risks to nurses, patients, and employers that are linked to shift work, long work hours, and poor sleep from other sources. Findings: Shift work and long work hours increase the risk for reduced performance on the job, obesity, injuries, and a wide range of chronic diseases. In addition, fatigue-related errors could harm patients. Fatigued nurses also endanger others during their commute to and from work. Conclusion and Clinical Relevance: The key strategy to reduce these risks is making sleep a priority in the employer's systems for organizing work and in the nurse's personal life. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Circadian Rhythm Delivery Of Health Care Fatigue Health Personnel Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Shift Work Schedule Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Shift Work Circadian-rhythms Circadian Rhythms Extended Work Shifts Health-care Health-care-personnel Injuries Job Stress Medical-care Medical-personnel Nurses Nursing Occupational-diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Injury Overtime Work Physicians Risk-analysis Risk-factors Shift-work Shift-workers Sleep-deprivation Sleep-disorders Sleepiness Task-performance Weight-factors Work-intervals Work-organization Work-performance Worker-health Workers Work Schedule Tolerance

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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:
  16-25
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042796
• Citation:
  Rehabil Nurs 2014 Jan/Feb; 39(1):16-25
• Contact Point Address:
  Claire C. Caruso, Research Health Scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway MS C-24, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
• Email:
  ZHL1@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• 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/194910/cdc_194910_DS1.pdf
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