242721 Relationships between night shift burden and naps during work in nurses engaged in the two-shift systems - Nurses working a 16-hour night shift -

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Sanae Oriyama, PhD, NR , Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
Yukiko Miyakoshi, PhD, PHN, RN , Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
Toshio Kobayashi, PhD, MD , Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
This study investigated fatigue and napping during night shifts in nurses working a 16-hour night shift (day shift: 8:00-16:45, night shift: 16:00-9:00). A questionnaire survey was conducted on 656 female nurses working within the two-shift system in general hospitals. Survey items include fatigue during the night shift, amount of sleep before, during, and after the night shift, quality of sleep, and napping. As a result, more than 80% of nurses felt a work burden during and after the night shift, however, they supported the two-shift systems. As reasons, the two-shift systems can create spare time for nurses and long nap time during the night shifts were suggested. The nap time during the night shifts should be more than 100 minutes, and in order to do so, work content should be improved and optimum sleep environment should be available. Since some nurses cannot sleep well due to tension, shortening the working hours in accordance with nurses' fatigue or sleepiness, and providing enough breaks were considered necessary.

Learning Areas:
Occupational health and safety

Learning Objectives:
I want to obtain the suggestion of reducing fatigue and retaining the alertness during the night shift.

Keywords: Nurses, Management and Sustainability

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: nurse
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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