Are you getting enough sleep? Tips on how to rest well, whatever your shift pattern
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Are you getting enough sleep? Tips on how to rest well, whatever your shift pattern

Victoria Briggs Health journalist

Nurses who work shifts are prone to sleep problems because of disruption to the circadian clock. Find out what aids good sleep, whether you are working nights or days

We spend around one third of our lives asleep, but when the stresses and strains of life stop us from getting enough sleep – as can often happen in nursing –work and well-being can be affected.

Emergency Nurse. 31, 1, 13-16. doi: 10.7748/en.31.1.13.s5

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