Advantages of Night Shift Duty Nurses
EMILIO AGUINALDO COLLEGE
Graduate School
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for
Master of Arts in Nursing
advantages OF NIGHT shift duty NURSES
IN SELECTED HOSPITALS
IN LASPINAS CITY
(METHODS OF RESEARCH)
Submitted by:
Hazel Melanie A. Tan, RN
Submitted to:
Dr. Valentino G. Baac
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Working nights is a challenge for most nursing staff especially when one has to work for 4-5 nights in a row. Some nights are easy and some nights are chaotic. The nursing activities at night are slightly different in some areas such as in Mother-Baby Unit because most new mothers are healthy and they need more rest period. However, think about the trauma that comes in the emergency room every night and face non - stop excitement, drama, and stress. Or in the intensive care unit where one has to deal with codes after codes or ventilator intermittently beeping one patient after the other. All these situations can cause physical and emotional stress especially when working on the night shift. Stress however, helps us retain more information; it is a catalyst to learning. This brings us to experience being an effective form of learning.
Experience is how life is lived; it is how individuals adapt in the world. In the nursing profession, experience is the best way to learn and one of those experiences includes night duty. For most people who have daily activities and chores, nighttime isn’t really conducive for learning.
As healthcare providers, nurses become an integral part to the recuperation process by focusing on the primary and basic aspects that interact with the client. Night time isn’t really an interactive time of the day; it’s more the resting period for clients. One factor that most healthcare professionals neglect is sleep. And it is well known that suffering from sleep difficulties is bad for the body. It may cause the body clock to be out of sync and disturb the
Graduate School
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for
Master of Arts in Nursing
advantages OF NIGHT shift duty NURSES
IN SELECTED HOSPITALS
IN LASPINAS CITY
(METHODS OF RESEARCH)
Submitted by:
Hazel Melanie A. Tan, RN
Submitted to:
Dr. Valentino G. Baac
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Working nights is a challenge for most nursing staff especially when one has to work for 4-5 nights in a row. Some nights are easy and some nights are chaotic. The nursing activities at night are slightly different in some areas such as in Mother-Baby Unit because most new mothers are healthy and they need more rest period. However, think about the trauma that comes in the emergency room every night and face non - stop excitement, drama, and stress. Or in the intensive care unit where one has to deal with codes after codes or ventilator intermittently beeping one patient after the other. All these situations can cause physical and emotional stress especially when working on the night shift. Stress however, helps us retain more information; it is a catalyst to learning. This brings us to experience being an effective form of learning.
Experience is how life is lived; it is how individuals adapt in the world. In the nursing profession, experience is the best way to learn and one of those experiences includes night duty. For most people who have daily activities and chores, nighttime isn’t really conducive for learning.
As healthcare providers, nurses become an integral part to the recuperation process by focusing on the primary and basic aspects that interact with the client. Night time isn’t really an interactive time of the day; it’s more the resting period for clients. One factor that most healthcare professionals neglect is sleep. And it is well known that suffering from sleep difficulties is bad for the body. It may cause the body clock to be out of sync and disturb the