Nearly half of the nation’s healthcare employees have low perceptions of safety culture at their organization, and that ...

Many employees work all kinds of unusual shifts, often sleeping during the day and eating at night, putting them at risk for heart disease. But researchers in Boston have found that the timing of ...

For female registered nurses, working a rotating night shift for five years or longer is associated with a small increase in risk of coronary heart disease, according to a study in JAMA. Researchers ...

Working when you're exhausted is unreasonable.

Many medical professionals working night shifts struggle to get enough quality sleep. Working those late hours significantly impacts our natural circadian rhythm. Circadian rhythm internally regulates ...

To the editor — Kudos to MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital's emergency room night shift. Fortunately, not a life-and-death issue, but one that had to be dealt with. So how was the service at 1:30 a.m ...