Nurses prepare themselves to take on stress, long days and night shifts as part of the profession; however the lack of sleep they experience could be damaging to their health.
A recent study has shown at least 25% of nurses go 24 hours without sleep in order to adjust to working the night shift.
This lack of sleep has proven damaging to the body's sleep cycle by re-setting their natural night-time circadian clocks.
The study was taken from about 400 nurses who work at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center to examine strategies nurses use to adjust between night and day shifts.
A number of previous studies have found that repeated incidences of circadian misalignment is unhealthy because it creates an out-of-sync sleep/wake pattern from an individual's natural biological clock. Circadian misalignment has been found to contribute to the increased risk of developing cardiovascular , metabolic and gastrointestinal disorders.
To read the full story and other results from the study, please visit the Innovations Report artcle:
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/sleep_strategy_night_nurses_throws_circadian_clocks_173853.html
A recent study has shown at least 25% of nurses go 24 hours without sleep in order to adjust to working the night shift.
This lack of sleep has proven damaging to the body's sleep cycle by re-setting their natural night-time circadian clocks.
The study was taken from about 400 nurses who work at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center to examine strategies nurses use to adjust between night and day shifts.
A number of previous studies have found that repeated incidences of circadian misalignment is unhealthy because it creates an out-of-sync sleep/wake pattern from an individual's natural biological clock. Circadian misalignment has been found to contribute to the increased risk of developing cardiovascular , metabolic and gastrointestinal disorders.
To read the full story and other results from the study, please visit the Innovations Report artcle:
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/sleep_strategy_night_nurses_throws_circadian_clocks_173853.html
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