Surviving Night Shift Sleep Problems and Health Effects
Surviving Night Shift Sleep Problems and Health Effects
Got odd hours at work? Learn how to make your schedule work for you.
"You see what fatigue does," O’Connell says of the toll that ER work takes on her and her colleagues. "When I’m in charge, we have time outs, to let residents take a break. There’s lots of give and take."
Still, she realizes that it is not for everyone.
"Some people don’t do well on the night shift, and we work that out among ourselves," O'Connell says. "But the night shift works for me and my family, and I’m getting better at it."
Shift Work: How to Handle Sleep, Life
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Handling Odd Working Hours continued...
"You see what fatigue does," O’Connell says of the toll that ER work takes on her and her colleagues. "When I’m in charge, we have time outs, to let residents take a break. There’s lots of give and take."
Still, she realizes that it is not for everyone.
"Some people don’t do well on the night shift, and we work that out among ourselves," O'Connell says. "But the night shift works for me and my family, and I’m getting better at it."
