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 ...

This article is sponsored by WellSky. As long-term care providers face tighter staffing, heavier documentation loads, and ...

"The first night is the worst night," said one nurse. Without careful planning, the night shift nurse can find him- or herself in the middle of a 24-hour sleep-deprivation marathon on the first night ...

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 ...

Female nurses who work frequent night shifts may be at greater risk for certain cancers, according to a new study. Chinese researchers compared data from 61 studies, including more than 114,000 cancer ...

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 ...

While the rest of the world is awake, night shift nurses try to get uninterrupted, quality rest, but they often have a difficult time regulating their sleep with their circadian rhythm. Sleep mastery ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...