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ses‘ shift work: impact on health ohranjanje in krepitev zdravja | maintaining and promoting health
Lidija Dornik
College of Nursing in Celje, Mariborska cesta 7, 3000 Celje, Slovenia
Introduction: Work is important for the survival and personal attainment of in-
dividual 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 asso-
ciated also with excess body weight. Quality of life, tiredness, sickness, effec-
tiveness and overall satisfaction with the work of nurses reflects the employ-
er ‚s sense for an appropriate time schedule, relaxation, psychological support
and access to relaxation spaces.
Methods: We used the quantitative research approach method with the de-
scriptive 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 results were
presented using the PRISMA review methodology. 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 re-
view scientific article, after applying the inclusion criteria: nurse, working con-
ditions, 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 im-
pact on the health of nurses. This is manifested as burnout, exhaustion, fatigue,
depression, anxiety, concentration, chance sor 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 al-
so do night work feel poorer quality of life, poor quality of sleep, higher stress
level at work, have less time for family, social contacts and physical activity and
are more prone to overweight and development of chronic diseases. All this
is of concern for the general well-being of nurses and their health. Employers
should be able to well organize the shift work, rest days and the workload of
nurses. This would make it easier to maintain, promote the good psychophysi-
cal status of nurses and increase healthy lifestyles and health levels of employed
nurses through patient-centered examples.
Key words: nurse, shift work, night shift, health
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Lidija Dornik
College of Nursing in Celje, Mariborska cesta 7, 3000 Celje, Slovenia
Introduction: Work is important for the survival and personal attainment of in-
dividual 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 asso-
ciated also with excess body weight. Quality of life, tiredness, sickness, effec-
tiveness and overall satisfaction with the work of nurses reflects the employ-
er ‚s sense for an appropriate time schedule, relaxation, psychological support
and access to relaxation spaces.
Methods: We used the quantitative research approach method with the de-
scriptive 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 results were
presented using the PRISMA review methodology. 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 re-
view scientific article, after applying the inclusion criteria: nurse, working con-
ditions, 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 im-
pact on the health of nurses. This is manifested as burnout, exhaustion, fatigue,
depression, anxiety, concentration, chance sor 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 al-
so do night work feel poorer quality of life, poor quality of sleep, higher stress
level at work, have less time for family, social contacts and physical activity and
are more prone to overweight and development of chronic diseases. All this
is of concern for the general well-being of nurses and their health. Employers
should be able to well organize the shift work, rest days and the workload of
nurses. This would make it easier to maintain, promote the good psychophysi-
cal status of nurses and increase healthy lifestyles and health levels of employed
nurses through patient-centered examples.
Key words: nurse, shift work, night shift, health
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