{"id":24508,"date":"2016-04-13T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T03:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=24508"},"modified":"2023-11-30T08:38:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:38:56","slug":"learn-health-tips-for-the-night-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/learn-health-tips-for-the-night-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Health Tips for the Night Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Learn Health Tips for the Night Shift<\/h1>\t\t<time>April 13, 2016<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_ffd5ebd390758cdceae8c9337d49331d\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Firefighters, police officers and nurses are among those who often work night shifts, providing vital services that cannot pause when the sun goes down. While night shifts often offer bonus pay or help one avoid daycare costs by working an opposite shift of a spouse, it can also present challenges to your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common health side effects of shift work include fatigue, insomnia, stomach problems, ulcers and depression. Lesser known, but more serious side effects include cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. If not taken seriously, the side effects of shift work can be disastrous for your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider these tips to stay healthy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Establish a regular sleep schedule as much as possible. Even if your schedule is different from everyone else\u2019s, it should be consistent for you, even on days off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Be sure to get at least seven to nine hours of sleep a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Invest in blackout shades to make the bedroom very dark for daytime sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Avoid the use caffeine or other stimulants to make it through the night if you plan to sleep just after your shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Maintain a healthy diet and get regular exercise. Plan meals ahead. Food easily available late at night is generally not very nutritious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 If it\u2019s light outside, wear sunglasses on the way home to help prepare your body for sleep later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 After arriving home, avoid additional stimuli such as TV, computers, cell phones and alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFriends and family can help by building in a little bit of cushion for shift workers. Remember to stay quiet at home during the day. And, even on days off, a person will still need to sleep,\u201d said Bye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re regularly following these tips and still not getting great sleep, it\u2019s time to talk to your primary care provider for additional help. Your well-being depends on it.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn tips to stay healthy on the night shift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[293,277,282,294],"news-types":[270],"services":[248,253,262],"specialty":[24,53],"class_list":["post-24508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-wellness","news-topics-childrens-health","news-topics-mens-health","news-topics-womens-health","news-types-feature-article","services-mental-behavioral-health","services-occupational-medicine","services-sleep","specialty-psychiatry","specialty-sleep-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24508"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=24508"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=24508"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=24508"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=24508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}