night shifts health risks

Re: night shifts health risks

Kerry Spain — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:45:26 GMT

I remember having to work some night shfts... as well as day shifts too!!

I'd get to work in the morning and sometimes not leave till the next morning, really over worked at the last job and they didn't care. I got really ill as a result of working such stupid hours so it does affect you.

I ended up working 75 hour weeks with a mixture of day/ on call/ night shifts. Something which I will never be doing ever again!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:08:02 GMT

Don't mention eating patterns unless people have done them they dont get why l say l can not loose weight.

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Robocop — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:48:59 GMT

http://php.lsos.is/files/3/20060223142636511.pdf

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loobylou — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:55:07 GMT

I don't know about the health risks but it certainly doesn't do my diet any favours Dont know why I feel the need to shovel food in when Im tired, my eating patterns go right out the window!

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S-J — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:28:01 GMT

i dont mind doing the night shifts as it is a 24hr practice so no sleep or anything, it is so much easier then being on call and ur heart doesnt go everytime the phone rings.

sometimes i work the night shift properley and do a full week but sometimes i just do a night or two to cover someone. i must say doing a full week is easier as i never can figure out when to sleep, eat etc so end up doing neither

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Claire Cameron — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:20:46 GMT

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The joys of night emergency nursing. It is a totally different world doing night emergency nursing even to day emergency nursing, l have done both and so speak from a been there still got the t-shirt.

It is also very different from those who cover their inpatients or get called in for the odd problem by the vet.

Not sure if l like it or hate it but it is a living so l do it. If l could find something else l probably would but for now....

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I agree, until you've worked on emergency nights you cant really imagine what it would be like, its so different from day work or being on call.

I loved it BUT it had its set backs and currently I dont work nights but wouldnt complain at doing it occassionally me thinks

Re: night shifts health risks

Caro Laithwaite VN — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:17:09 GMT

It is also very different from those who cover their inpatients or get called in for the odd problem by the vet.

Not sure if l like it or hate it but it is a living so l do it. If l could find something else l probably would but for now....

Re: night shifts health risks

Maria Mahon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:10:46 GMT

My mum's a human nurse (for NHS) and for 2 years, she did 3-4 nights a week on a busy gastro ward. Some nights she didn't even get a break. It was awful.

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dinkyd — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:08:05 GMT

It is interesting - 6 months after qualifying and starting my first job where we had to do one night on call per week - staying on premises and seeing to inpatients.We had to work a full shift the day before and then we would get to finish at half eleven next morning.At that point we were also doing a one in 7 full wkend on call also staying on the premises.Anyway i was diagnosed with AML.

Alot of cancers there are no definate causes but i dont have issues of why i got it.Im still alive and well thats all that matters atthe mo!

Re: night shifts health risks

Saskia Quinn — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:14:46 GMT

I worked solely night for an emergency clinic for 2 years. After the first 12 months, I was hospitalised for viral meningitis. My consultant advised me after recovery that it would be in my best interest if I stopped the night work!!!

Re: night shifts health risks

Claire Cameron — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:23:53 GMT

i heard that today

its worrying

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:56:37 GMT

someplace to tired to look for old posting though

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Fiona Leathers — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:08:34 GMT

I heard this on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 today and the advice the "expert" was giving was not to do night shifts!! Like some people have a choice!!

Re: night shifts health risks

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:46:30 GMT

That is true, I think we are all more likely to get cancer too

I am sure Caro put up a thing on the old site about the health risks