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Nurses’ shift work: impact on health
Lidija Dornik
College of Nursing in Celje, Mariborska cesta 7, 3000 Celje
University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
lidkad@gmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: Work is important for the survival and personal attainment
of individual people, but it also affects the lifestyle of people who are in
the work process and leads to various health problems that employees
are facing. Shift work and night work are associated with burnout, lack
of personnel and lack of control effect on burnout, personal exhaustion,
long working hours are associated also with excess body weight. Quality
of life, tiredness, sickness, effectiveness and overall satisfaction with
the work of nurses reflects the employer ‘s sense for an appropriate time
schedule, relaxation, psychological support and access to relaxation
spaces. Methods: We used descriptive research method. We used the
method of reviewing of the scientific literature based on accessibility,
content relevance and actuality. We accessed it via an electronic link in
the Celje Library. The restrictive criteria were the period January 2017
to April 2020, English language, availability for download, full text
and scientific journals with the keywords “nurse”, “shift work”, “night
shift” and “health” in the EBSCO and MEDLINE databases. The survey
was conducted in April and May 2020. MS Word was used to display
the results. Results: We have used, reviewed and processed 21 full-text
articles for a review scientific article, after applying the inclusion criteria:
nurse, working conditions, type of work, health link, type of publication,
time period, language and availability of the full text, so 11 scientific
articles are included in the final research. We found out that night
work with many factors has a negative impact on the health of nurses.
This is manifested as burnout, exhaustion, fatigue, depression, anxiety,
concentration, chance for defects, back pain, poor eating habits, all of
which have a profound effect on stress levels. The quality of sleep is also
worse, the pattern of sleep is broken and insomnia increases. Discussion
and conclusions: Findings show that nurses who work shifts and also
do night work feel poorer quality of life, poor quality of sleep, higher
Nurses’ shift work: impact on health
Lidija Dornik
College of Nursing in Celje, Mariborska cesta 7, 3000 Celje
University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
lidkad@gmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: Work is important for the survival and personal attainment
of individual people, but it also affects the lifestyle of people who are in
the work process and leads to various health problems that employees
are facing. Shift work and night work are associated with burnout, lack
of personnel and lack of control effect on burnout, personal exhaustion,
long working hours are associated also with excess body weight. Quality
of life, tiredness, sickness, effectiveness and overall satisfaction with
the work of nurses reflects the employer ‘s sense for an appropriate time
schedule, relaxation, psychological support and access to relaxation
spaces. Methods: We used descriptive research method. We used the
method of reviewing of the scientific literature based on accessibility,
content relevance and actuality. We accessed it via an electronic link in
the Celje Library. The restrictive criteria were the period January 2017
to April 2020, English language, availability for download, full text
and scientific journals with the keywords “nurse”, “shift work”, “night
shift” and “health” in the EBSCO and MEDLINE databases. The survey
was conducted in April and May 2020. MS Word was used to display
the results. Results: We have used, reviewed and processed 21 full-text
articles for a review scientific article, after applying the inclusion criteria:
nurse, working conditions, type of work, health link, type of publication,
time period, language and availability of the full text, so 11 scientific
articles are included in the final research. We found out that night
work with many factors has a negative impact on the health of nurses.
This is manifested as burnout, exhaustion, fatigue, depression, anxiety,
concentration, chance for defects, back pain, poor eating habits, all of
which have a profound effect on stress levels. The quality of sleep is also
worse, the pattern of sleep is broken and insomnia increases. Discussion
and conclusions: Findings show that nurses who work shifts and also
do night work feel poorer quality of life, poor quality of sleep, higher
