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To Shift or not to Shift
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Posted 2 months ago I have worked different shifts all throughout my career. Days 8/12 hours, evenings 8 hours, nights 8/12 hours. The job I have now has us rotating shifts on a day by day basis. I happen to be on the Day/Evening rotation, 8/12 hours. I was on the Day/night rotation 8/12 hours. I am finding this to be difficult at times. Especially when I worked Day/Night. I would like here some discussion about this. Could I be putting my patients in trouble if I am overly tired? |
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| Posted 2 months ago I am astounded these shift rotations are still going on. There are huge amounts of scientific literature written on the detriment of this kind of scheduling. When you don't get enough sleep, when you're biorhythms are throw off, when your sleep cycles are interupted this way, you're physically, mentally and emotionally far less able to do the best job you can. Your immune system suffers. You become ill more frequently and don't recover as quickly. Your emotional wellbeing suffers. I just can't understand why hospitals etc continue to schedule their staff members this way. It's archaic. Deb
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