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How to Stay Awake During the Night Shift

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Here’s what you need to know to stay awake all night on the job.

Posted byLauren R. McGillMarch 8, 2019April 23, 2019Posted inArticles, Featured, Life, SleepTags:shift work, sleep schedule, sleeping for night shift, staying awakeLeave a comment on How to Stay Awake During the Night Shift

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Do you eat breakfast after a night shift?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Hunger makes it difficult to fall asleep and can even wake us up from our daytime slumber. Eating a small snack before hitting the sack can help prevent mid-day wake-ups from hunger pains. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Here's some ideas to try after a night shift:⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🌙Yogurt with granola and berries⁠⠀ 🌙A bowl of hot oatmeal with milk⁠⠀ 🌙A breakfast cookie or muffin⁠⠀ 🌙"Millenial" toast (AKA 🥑 toast)⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ If you want to be able to head straight to bed upon getting home, eat your bedtime snack at the very end of your shift before driving home.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ What is your fav night shift breakfast?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #nightshiftproblems #nighshift #shiftwork #nightshiftnurses #graveyardshift #nightshiftwellness⁠ #nightshiftlife #breakfast

One of the things that I’ve noticed while working shift work is that very few people are adequately prepared for the grind of graveyard shifts. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Recently, one ER doctor lamented how he never slept well before a night shift because his bedroom was always too bright. When I asked him if he had ever considered solving that problem with blackout curtains or an eye mask, he admitted it had never occurred to him! Instead, he suffers through his night shifts feeling pooped out—all due to an easily fixable problem. 🌙 What advice do YOU have for other night shift workers? ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #nightshiftproblems #nighshift #shiftwork #nightshiftnurses #graveyardshift #nightshiftwellness⁠ #nightshiftlife

You've got questions. We've got answers. ⁠ ⁠ Wanna know what the most popular search on the NSW blog is for? Yep.... how to sleep during the day. Because it all comes down to getting enough good sleep to be able to keep grinding away on those night shifts. Without sleep, it's just misery. With sleep, it's... tolerable? peaceful? okayish?⁠ ⁠ Tell me how you manage to sleep during the day. Any tricks you can share with us?⁠ ⁠ #nightshiftwellness #nightshift #shiftwork #graveyardshift #sleep #sleephygiene #nightshifter #nightshiftnurse

On the blog 👉🏼 Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes talks about her dual career of writer/physician, the pressing problem of violence within hospitals, and how she balances resuscitation, writing and rotating shift work.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Oh, and her latest medical thrilled dropped TODAY! Did I mentioned that it's entirely based on one crazy night shift? Grab your copy of "Graveyard Shift" on Amazon, iBooks, Indigo, or Barnes & Noble.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ All the deets on the Night Shift Wellness blog. (Link in bio.)⁠ 📸 @ladouceurphoto ⁠⠀ #physician #writer #nightshifter

Humanity. Night shifters. Whatever. ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ My favourite late-night coffee story: One coworker brought in a large Americano with extra espresso shots. Another coworker brought in a regular coffee. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ They happened to be from the same coffee shop. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ You know how this ends... the drinks got mixed up somehow at work and the regular coffee drinker downed the ENTIRE mega espresso drink without realizing. She spent the rest of the night shaking the jitters away! It made for some very zippy nursing on that night shift. 😂🤣😂⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #nightshift #nightshifter #nightshiftproblems #coffee #coffeeshop #espresso #shiftwork #oops #nightshiftwellness

W O R K O U T // Need a quick cardio boost? Try this workout session that takes less than 10 minutes. All you need is an empty stairwell – so it’s perfect for the night shift. 🌙 ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ → Warm up for two minutes by slowly walking up and downstairs.⁠⠀ → Run up the steps as fast as safely possible for 20 seconds. Head back down slowly.⁠⠀ → Walk the hallway for two minutes.⁠⠀ → Run back up the stairs for another 20 seconds. Head back down slowly.⁠⠀ → Walk for two more minutes.⁠⠀ → Run the stairs for a final 20 seconds. Head back down slowly.⁠⠀ → Cool down with three minutes of stair and corridor walking. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🌙 Check out the full post. 👉🏽 Link in bio.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #nightshiftwellness #nightshift #shiftwork #nightshiftproblems #nightshiftworkout #wootd #shiftworklife #fitness #workout #workoutmotivation #workoutroutine

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