Nurse Work Schedules, Sleep Duration, and Drowsy Driving
Summary
Longer hours and more overtime associated with higher drowsy‑driving episodes among nurses.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Workforce survey data how rotation direction, quick‑returns, and long duties co-occurred with sleep & alertness and driving safety for night‑shift workers and night owls. Patterns in the data make ‘quick returns’ and rotation direction concrete risk features rather than abstract policy terms. For night‑shift teams and individuals, this ties long‑debated rota features to concrete outcomes, making schedule talk about health, not preference.
Notes
Classic nursing study on drowsy driving.