Impact of Work Schedules on Sleep Duration of Critical Care Nurses

Sleep Patterns of Emergency Department Nurses on Workdays and Days Off

“…Research findings in the shift-work literature are equivocal, with some studies indicating that participants sleep more on workdays (Hirsch Allen et al, 2014;Niu et al, 2013;Spelten et al, 1995;Totterdell et al, 1995) and others indicating that participants sleep less on workdays (Dorrian et al, 2006;Ede´ll-Gustafsson et al, 2002). In this study, there were no significant differences in the duration and quality of the sleep measures for nurses on workdays and days off.…”

“…Whereas some studies indicate that most nurses sleep more on their days off than on workdays (Dorrian et al, 2006;Ede´ll-Gustafsson, Kritz, & Bogren, 2002;Hirsch Allen et al, 2014;Niu et al, 2013), other studies indicate that most nurses sleep less on days off than on workdays . It appears that nurses vary in the quantity of sleep obtained on workdays and days off, and in the case of night workers, this may be because of circadian sleep disruption resulting from resuming diurnal sleep patterns on days off.…”

Diet quality and sleep quality among day and night shift nurses

“…This is one of the largest populations working in the health care profession that is affected by the impacts of frequent shift work, accounting for 2 751 000 individuals in the United States (United States Department of Labor 2015). Night shift nurses work odd hours, which prevent them from getting as much sleep as regular shift nurses and have significantly worse sleep scores (Huth et al 2013;Hirsch-Allen et al 2014).…”

Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Critical Care

“…Whether the degree of sleep deprivation identified may impair patient safety must be determined by further research. 98 …”

“…sleep deprivation, in turn, may lead to reduced alertness and hamper work performance. Allen et al 98 recruited a sample of 20 critical care nurses who completed a daily sleep and activity log and wore an actigraph (a wristwatch-like device with a motion sensor that allows differentiation of sleep from wakefulness) for 14 days in order to measure their sleep time objectively. They reported mean sleep times between consecutive work shifts of 6.79 hours between 2 day shifts and 5.68 hours between 2 night shifts.…”