NIOSH Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours
Shift Work and Long Work Hours Part 1 and Part 2
PART 1 WB4217 and PART 2 WB4218
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Part 1 The Risks and Why These Occur. Part 1 is designed to increase knowledge about the risks linked to working shift work, long work hours, and related workplace fatigue issues and promote understanding about why these risks occur. This knowledge provides background information for Part 2 of the training program.
Part 2 Strategies to Reduce Risks. Part 2 is designed to increase knowledge and promote better personal behaviors and workplace systems to reduce the risks linked to shift work, long work hours, and related workplace fatigue issues.
Content for this training program is derived from scientific literature on shift work, long work hours, sleep, and circadian rhythms.
OBJECTIVES:
At the conclusion of the training program, the participant will be able to:
- Explain why shift work and long work hours can lead to health and safety risks.
- Identify a broad range of health and safety risks that are linked to shift work and long work hours.
- Identify individual factors that can lead to differences in a nurse’s ability to adjust to shift work and long work hours.
- Identify workplace strategies managers can implement to reduce risks from shift work and long work hours.
- Identify strategies nurses can implement in their personal lives to reduce risks from shift work and long work hours.
FACULTY/CREDENTIALS:
Claire C. Caruso, PhD, RN, FAAN, Research Health Scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Jeanne Geiger Brown (retired), PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, George Washington University School of Nursing
Masaya Takahashi, PhD, Director, Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
Alison Trinkoff, ScD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing, University of Maryland
Akinori Nakata, PhD, Professor and Chair, Graduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan
CONSULTANTS
Roger R. Rosa, PhD, Senior Scientist, Office of the Director, NIOSH
Anneke Heitmann, PhD, Director, Awake Institute LLC
Nancy Hughes, MS, RN, (Former) Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, American Nurses Association
Jaime Murphy Dawson, MPH, (Former) Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, American Nurses Association
Roberta Capewell, PhD, RN, CRNP, (Former) Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, American Nurses Association
Paula Grubb, PhD, Research Psychologist, NIOSH
PILOT STUDY COLLABORATOR
Alison Trinkoff, ScD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing, University of Maryland
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT REVIEWERS
Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Neuroscientist, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health; Associate Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University
David A. Lombardi, PhD, (Former) Co-Director, Occupational Injury Prevention Training Program, Harvard School of Public Health; (Former) Principal Research Scientist, Center for Injury Epidemiology, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA
Sara E. Luckhaupt, MD, MPH, Associate Directors for Science, NIOSH
Timothy H. Monk, PhD, DSc, (Former) Professor of Psychiatry, Director Human Chronobiology Research Program, University of Pittsburgh
Roger R. Rosa, PhD, Senior Scientist, Office of the Director, NIOSH
Bryan Vila, PhD, (Former) Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Simulated Hazardous Operational Tasks Lab, Sleep & Performance Research Center, Washington State University Spokane
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Web Development: Dwight M. Werren, NIOSH
Editor: Seleen S. Collins, NIOSH
Art Work: Gino Fazio, NIOSH
Graphic Design: Brenda J. Jones, NIOSH; Vanessa Williams, NIOSH
Video Production and Authors: Charles W. Urban, (Former) NIOSH; Brenda J. Jones, NIOSH; Claire C. Caruso, PhD, RN, FAAN, NIOSH; Edward (Ted) M. Hitchcock, PhD, NIOSH
Video Technical Assistance: Stephen R. Leonard, NIOSH contractor; Thomas E. Ziegler, (Former) NIOSH
Video segment from 00:33 to 00:40 by Getty Images
Sources of title page photos: top row photos and lower left photo by ©Thinkstock; middle row photos and lower right photo by NIOSH
ORIGINATION DATE: October 15, 2019
RENEWAL DATE: October 15, 2021
EXPIRATION DATE: October 15, 2023
URL:https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2015-115/default.html
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE: Computer Hardware; Internet connection; Browser
MATERIALS: None
TARGET AUDIENCE: Registered Nurses, administrators, safety professionals
PREREQUISITES: None
FORMAT: Web-based/Web on Demand Enduring Material
CONTACT INFORMATION: nioshsleep@cdc.gov
ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS:
In support of improving patient care, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
WB4217 NIOSH TRAINING FOR NURSES ON SHIFT WORK AND LONG WORK HOURS PART 1
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 1.5 nursing contact hours.
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer .2 CEU’s for this program.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 2 CPH recertification credits for this program.
WB4218 NIOSH TRAINING FOR NURSES ON SHIFT WORK AND LONG WORK HOURS PART 2
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 1.7 nursing contact hours.
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer .2 CEU’s for this program.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 2 CPH recertification credits for this program.
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