Shift work organization on nurse injuries: A scoping review

Imes, Christopher C.; Barthel, Nicole J.; Chasens, Eileen R.; Dunbar‐Jacob, Jacqueline; Engberg, Sandra; Feeley, Christine A.; Fennimore, Laura; Godzik, Cassandra; Klem, Mary Lou; Luyster, Faith S.; Ren, Dianxu; Baniak, Lynn M.

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2022.104395

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“…50,52,56 Education, specifically on healthy daytime sleep, can contribute to improved physical and mental health, resulting in reduced nurse and patient injuries. 36,51,53,54,58 Increased healthful eating and drinking habits by nurses can mitigate some of the harmful effects of night shift. 16 Healthful food options may be limited during night shift.…”

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To reduce the risk for drowsy driving and motor vehicle crashes, health care organizations should provide rooms where nurses can take a postshift nap before driving home. 51,53,58 These can be the same rooms that are used for napping during the night shift. Another, but more costly, option could include providing nurses with transportation or reimbursement for the cost of taxis or ride-sharing services.…”

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another, but more costly, option could include providing nurses with transportation or reimbursement for the cost of taxis or ride-sharing services. 53,58 Innovative approaches will be needed to address the negative nurse health, patient and public risks, and organizational costs associated with night shift. An ongoing intervention study in the Netherlands is taking a multifaceted approach.…”

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sleep education, for both nurses and nurse administrators, is a no/low-cost measure to promote nurse health and well-being; however, it is important to note that sleep education alone is inadequate to address the multiple challenges and issues associated with night shift 50,52,56. Education, specifically on healthy daytime sleep, can contribute to improved physical and mental health, resulting in reduced nurse and patient injuries 36,51,53,54,58…”

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To reduce the risk for drowsy driving and motor vehicle crashes, health care organizations should provide rooms where nurses can take a postshift nap before driving home 51,53,58. These can be the same rooms that are used for napping during the night shift.…”

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Imes,

Tucker,

Trinkoff

et al. 2023

Nursing Administration Quarterly

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The purpose of this mini review is to (1) summarize the findings on the impact of night shift on nurses' health and wellness, patient and public safety, and implications on organizational costs and (2) provide strategies to promote night shift nurses' health and improve organizational costs. The night shift, compared with day shift, results in poorer physical and mental health through its adverse effects on sleep, circadian rhythms, and dietary and beverage consumption, along with impaired cognitive function that increases nurse errors. Nurse administrators and health care organizations have opportunities to improve nurse and patient safety on night shifts. Low-, moderate-, and higher-cost measures that promote night nurses' health and well-being can help mitigate these negative outcomes. The provided individual and organizational recommendations and innovations support night shift nurses' health, patient and public safety, and organizational success.

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Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recommendations For Creating a Pronight Nurse Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Imes,

Tucker,

Trinkoff

et al. 2023

Nursing Administration Quarterly

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Alterations of functional brain activity and connectivity in female nurses working on long‐term shift

Dong,

Wu,

Dong

et al. 2024

Nursing Open

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AimTo investigate the alterations of functional brain activity and connectivity in female nurses working on long‐term shifts and explore their correlations with work‐related psychological traits.DesignAn exploratory cross‐sectional study.MethodsThirty‐five female nurses working on long‐term shifts (shift nurses) and 35 female nurses working on fixed days (fixed nurses) were enrolled. After assessing the work‐related psychological traits, including burnout, perceived stress, anxiety, and depression of nurses, the fractional amplitude of low‐frequency fluctuations (fALFF) and region of interest (ROI)‐based functional connectivity (FC) analyses were performed to investigate the differences of brain spontaneous activity and functional connectivity between these two groups of nurses. Thereafter, correlations between the functional brain parameters (fALFF and FC) and clinical metrics were investigated among the shift nurses.ResultsCompared to fixed nurses, shift nurses had higher burnout, perceived stress and depression scores, lower fALFF in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), left and right superior parietal lobule (SPL), bilateral anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and higher fALFF in the right superior/middle temporal gyrus, as well as decreased FC between the right dlPFC (the selected ROI) and bilateral ACC, left and right inferior frontal/orbitofrontal gyrus (IFG/IOFG), right SPL, and left middle occipital gyrus (voxel‐level p < 0.001, cluster level p < 0.05, GRF correction). Correlation analyses demonstrated that the fALFF value of the right dlPFC was significantly correlated with the burnout and anxiety scores, the FC value of the right dlPFC‐right SPL was correlated with the perceived stress and burnout scores, the FC value of the right dlPFC‐right IFG/IOFG was correlated with the burnout score in shift nurses (p < 0.05).ConclusionShift nurses had work‐related altered functional activity and connectivity in the right frontoparietal network, which provided objective and visualised evidence to clarify the hazards of long‐term shift work on female nurses.Patient or Public ContributionSeventy nurses participated deeply as subjects in this study. These findings are expected to draw managers' attention to the harmful influences of shift work on nurses.

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Interventions to improve the sleep of nurses: A systematic review

Zhang,

Murphy,

Lammers‐van der Holst

et al. 2023

Research in Nursing & Health

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Nurses are at a high risk for short sleep duration and poor sleep quality due to irregular work schedules and high occupational stress. Considering the effect of nurses' sleep on the safety and health of themselves and their patients, it is important to promote healthy sleep for nurses. We sought to synthesize the published experimental and quasi‐experimental studies that address interventions to improve sleep in nurses. A systematic search was conducted for studies published in English up until May 15, 2023, using the databases PubMed, CINAHL, Academic Search Ultimate, and PsycINFO. In total, 38 articles were included, covering 22 experimental and 16 quasi‐experimental studies with sample sizes ranging from 9 to 207. Studies were assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool and considered as low to medium quality. Thirty‐six of the 38 studies reported positive findings for at least one sleep outcome. Intervention types included aroma therapy, dietary supplements, cognitive behavioral therapy, light therapy, mind‐body therapy, sleep education, exercise, napping, shift schedule modification, and multicomponent intervention, all of which showed moderate effectiveness in promoting sleep outcomes of nurses. Comparing and contrasting studies on specific interventions for improving sleep in nurses is sparse and often equivocal. With the variations of research methodology and outcome measures, it is difficult to make a conclusion about each intervention's effectiveness on specific sleep outcomes. Additional high‐quality research, including randomized controlled trials, is needed to evaluate strategies for improving sleep in this unique, safety‐sensitive occupational group.

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Shift work organization on nurse injuries: A scoping review

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