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 ...

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 ...

Many medical professionals working night shifts struggle to get enough quality sleep. Working those late hours significantly impacts our natural circadian rhythm. Circadian rhythm internally regulates ...

"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 ...

There’s been a lot in the news lately about people who work the late shift and have trouble staying awake, in particular about air traffic controllers. One group of people who seem to have developed a ...

Three nurses discuss how they manage their sleep schedules when working 12-hour shifts. We invite all nurses and nursing leaders currently working in healthcare settings to participate in a series of ...

The biggest challenge with night shift is the misalignment it does to sleep timings. According to the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which is Britain's national regulator for workplace health ...

How Do Nurses Feel About Working Nights? At the end of the first article, we asked readers the following question: "How do you feel about working nights?" The final results were as follows: "The night ...