NIOSH Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours

Other Sources of Information about Work Schedules and Sleep

Here are a few of the many excellent resources on work schedules and sleep.

Finding a Sleep Disorders Specialist or Accredited Sleep Disorders Center

• American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)external icon
  Professional information on AASM-accredited center and laboratory members. Verify accreditation status by contacting the AASM National Office at (630) 737-9700 or accreditation@aasmnet.org.
• American Board of Sleep Medicine
  external iconClick on “Verification of Diplomates” for names of board certified sleep specialists.
• American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM)
  external iconA searchable directory of dentists who specialize in treating certain sleep problems.

Free or Low-Cost Resources

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

• NIOSH Work Schedule topic page:
• Booklet: Plain Language About Shiftwork
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 1997-145
• Companion fact sheet: Work-related Roadway Crashes – Prevention Strategies for Employerspdf icon
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-136
• Companion fact sheet: Work-related Roadway Crashes – Who’s at Risk?pdf icon
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-137

Other U.S. Government Departments

• Booklet: Your Guide to Healthy Sleepexternal icon
  NIH Publication No. 11-5271 [2011] National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Poster: Sleep Infographic. Sleep Disorders & Insufficient Sleep: Improving Health through Researchexternal icon
  (can be printed on legal size paper, 8.5 by 14 inches)
• Information site: Get Enough Sleepexternal icon
• High school curriculum: Sleep, sleep disorders, and biological rhythmspdf iconexternal icon
  BSCS Development Team. NIH publication #04-4989.
• Topic page: Sleep and Sleep Disorders
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Healthy People 2020: Sleep Healthexternal icon

National Sleep Foundationexternal icon

Web pages with information on sleep topics:

• Shift work and sleepexternal icon
• Teaching children about the importance of sleepexternal icon

Other Sources

• Harvard University Division of Sleep Medicineexternal icon

TV Programs

• NOVA, 2007external icon
• 60 Minutes, June 15, 2008: Sleep researchers examine consequences of sleep deprivationexternal icon

Books (may be available at public libraries)

• Epstein LJ, Mardon S [2007]. The Harvard Medical School guide to a good night’s sleep. New York: McGraw Hill.
• Hirshkowitz M, Smith PB [2004]. Sleep disorders for dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
• American Nurses Association Position Statement – ‘Addressing nurse fatigue to promote safety and health: Joint responsibilities of registered nurses and employers to reduce risks’ (2014). Access available to ANA membersexternal icon.

Selected Scientific Papers on Countermeasures

• Caldwell JA, Mallis MM, Caldwell JL, Paul MA, Miller JC, Neri DF, Aerospace Medical Association Fatigue Countermeasures Subcommittee of the Aerospace Human Factors Committee [2009]. Fatigue countermeasures in aviation. Aviat Space Environ Med 80(1):29–59.
• Lerman SE, Eskin E, Flower DJ, George EC, Gerson B, Hartenbaum N, et al. [2012]. Fatigue risk management in the workplace. J Occup Environ Med 54:231–258.
• Lowden A, Moreno C, Holmbäck U, Lennernäs M, Tucker P [2010]. Eating and shift work: effects on habits, metabolism and performance. Scand J Work Environ Health 362:150–162.
• Monk TH [2000]. What can the chronobiologist do to help the shift worker? J Biol Rhythms 15:86–94.
• Morgenthaler TI, Lee-Chiong T, Alessi C, Friedman L, Aurora RN, Boehlecke B, Brown T, Chesson AL, Kapur V, Maganti R, Owens J, Pancer J, Swick TJ, Zak R [2007]. Practice parameters for the clinical evaluation and treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Sleep 30:1445–1459.
• Pallesen S, Bjorvatn B, Mageroy N, et al. [2010]. Measures to counteract the negative effects of night work. Scand J Work Environ Health 36(2):109–120.
• Revell VL, Eastman CI [2005]. How to trick mother nature into letting you fly around or stay up all night. J Biol Rhythms 20:353–365.
• Sack RL, Auckley D, Auger RR, Carskadon MA, Wright KP, Vitiello MV, Zhdanova I [2007]. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Part 1: basic principles, shift work and jet lag disorders. Sleep 30:1460–1483.
• Smith M, Eastman CI [2012]. Shift work: health, performance and safety problems, traditional countermeasures, and innovative management strategies to reduce circadian misalignment. Nature Sci Sleep 4:111–132.

Selected Reviews of Literature Concerning Risks of Shift Work and Long Work Hours

• Caruso CC, Hitchcock EM, Dick RB, Russo JM, Schmit JM [2004]. Overtime and extended work shifts: recent findings on illnesses, injuries, and health behaviors. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-143. Cincinnati, OH: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
• Costa G, Haus E, Stevens R [2010]. Shift work and cancer: considerations on rationale, mechanisms, and epidemiology. Scand J Work Environ Health 36:163–179.
• The Institute of Medicine [2004]. Keeping patients safe: transforming the work environment of nurses. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
• Knauth P [2006]. Extended work periods. Ind Health 45(1): 125–136.
• Knutson A & Bøggild H [2010]. Gastrointestinal disorders among shift workers. Scand J Work Environ Health 36(2):85–95.
• Puttonen S, Harma M, Hublin C [2010]. Shift work and cardiovascular disease: pathways from circadian stress to morbidity. Scand J Work Environ Health 36(2):96–108.

Selected Papers on Design of Work Schedules

• Folkard S, Lombardi DA [2006]. Modeling the impact of the components of long work hours on injuries and ‘accidents’. Am J Ind Med 49:953–963.
• Knauth P, Hornberger S [2003]. Preventive and compensatory measures for shift workers. Occup Med (Oxford) 53:109–116.
• Rosa RR, Colligan MJ [1997]. Plain language about shiftwork. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 1997-145. Cincinnati, OH: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
• Sallinen M, Kecklund G [2010]. Shift work, sleep, and sleepiness: differences between shift schedules and systems. Scand J Work Environ Health 36(2):121–133.