There is no question that night shift workers should make every effort to eat well, exercise, and maintain a healthy weight. Shift work can be disruptive to getting good sleep, and this deprivation has been linked with higher risks of obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and other serious health issues. For most, working the night shift, […]
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As a night shift worker, you serve an incredibly important purpose of taking care of others, protecting society or an organization at night, or running complicated machinery. While your job requires alertness and often times, high-stakes decision making, the hours you work may cause you to be more tired than normal workers because you’re working […]
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Millions of people work the night shift, including first responders, medical professionals, military, truck drivers, and more. Although working the night shift may have some personal benefits, medical and scientific research continues to show that this type of shift work has the potential to affect the health of workers negatively. Here’s a closer look at […]
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Are you working demanding schedules, frequent night shifts, extended hours and substantial overtime? Certain professions all but guarantee that you’ll spend some time working the overnight hours. Nurses and doctors, police officers, firefighters and dispatch are just some of the professions in which getting to work during the day is not always an option. Sleep deprivation […]
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Working night shifts comes with challenges, including the high risk of shift work sleep disorder. Millions of workers work a rotating shift—changing from day to night or evening to morning regularly. This eliminates any chance of the body adapting to a specific schedule (which generally takes about seven days), and contributes further to disturbed or […]
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Millions of Americans work the graveyard shift. Although few people prefer to work overnight, the work that’s being done is often the most essential. Doctors, nurses, police officers and firefighters are just some of the people whose services are needed overnight, as well as the people who have to support them. However, it’s also true […]
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EKU Occupational Safety ProgramShift Workers in the United States According to recent statistics, there are 15 million Americans whose full-time jobs require them to work the night shift or work irregular hours. Of the full-time workers being paid an hourly wage or receiving a salary, 15% of them work their shifts outside the conventional hours of […]
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More than at any other time in history, life operates on a 24/7 schedule. Made up in large part of a combination of globalization and accessibility provided by the internet, there’s no longer any reason to shut down for the day. The downside to this 24/7 culture is that it has erased many of the […]
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