Performance and sleepiness in nurses working 12-h day shifts or night shifts in a community hospital - Wilson M, Permito R, English A, Albritton S, Coogle C, Van Dongen HPA.

Hospitals are around-the-clock operations and nurses are required to care for patients night and day. The nursing shortage and desire for a more balanced work-to-home life has popularized 12-h shifts for nurses. The present study investigated sleep/wake cy...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news