The effects of consecutive night shifts on neuropsychological performance of interns in the emergency department: A pilot study

Competence and Challenges of Emergency Medicine Training as Reported by Emergency Medicine Residents

“…One study of residents in many specialties found that 1 in 8 residents had a significant stress syndrome or emotional problem (2). Previous small studies of Emergency Medicine residents have identified stressors including stressful patient care responsibilities, patient mortality, peer competition, Reprints long hours, night shifts, sleep deprivation, resident safety, violence, and process failures (3)(4)(5)(6)(7).…”

Sleep and Performance Monitoring in the Workplace

“…27 In health care professionals, vigilance and complex task performance appear to be more vulnerable to sleep loss than other functions. 50 Consistent findings have come from studies using intelligence tests. Scores on an intelligence test taken after five consecutive day shifts were higher than scores obtained after five consecutive night shifts.…”

Summary of the Performance Effects of Sustained Operations

“…Some studies measured performance across multiple days. Rollinson et al (2003) studied the performance of 12 interns working 12-hour consecutive night shifts in an emergency department. Data were collected at the beginning of a day shift and the end of night shifts on day 1 and day 3 of four consecutive night shifts.…”