Often night shifts or cemeteries, usually 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM, 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM, or 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM with variations, are the transition stages of large companies 24 hours, social care facilities facilities, prisons, medical facilities and first responders and first responders. But it's also a great option, in many cases, for working students, working moms and single parents, people who work two jobs or for people with the same benefits that sometimes brings including more time or extra time during a conventional wake-up or hours. productive. But this change comes at the expense of the grave.
I came from work for 5 years like this and have some friends who are still working and moving; about 5 days a week and some 4 days long exchanges, but there are no special benefits or shorter work weeks so I know the danger first. It took me almost 3 years to physically get rid of that shift and return to a normal half-asleep pattern, and after 5 years, I still didn't sleep well.
Another friend, Jack Reeder, has been doing the same shift at a local hospital for 18 years because it allows him to work a week and a week off and he enjoys the flexibility to travel and pursue his hobbies, but it still comes at a price. He and many of my friends who work in this shift are now chronic insomniacs. According to the American Heart Association, weekly changes in bedtime affect sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic control of the heart in our body. The sympathetic nervous system speeds up the body's functions, including heart rate and digestion. The parasympathetic nervous system has slowed down some of these systems, leading to what some researchers say has led to many transition schedules - higher rates of accidents and cardiovascular disease.
Does this mean that your normal rabbit, or daily, rhythm of your biological clock is constantly struggling with your work schedule if you are required to work during hours when your body and brain are usually at rest. The pull of war happens because your circadian rhythms and lifestyle are out of sync. Circadian rhythm is partly tied to the 24-hour cycle of the earth and the amount of daylight you are exposed to.
According to Raffaello Furlan, MD, a professor at the University of Milan and the lead author of their sleep study, "The body's internal clock resistance 'to change with a varied work schedule shows that people do not adapt as easily as we think about switching jobs." Certain processes such as cell division and DNA repair occur during normal times when we sleep and are not answered by shift workers. Circadian rhythms also seem to regulate the amount and time when various hormones are released in the body, such as cortisol, growth hormones, melatonin and testosterone, which regulate weight, energy, and achieve a state of 'deep sleep'. among many other processes. "Because the release time of these ingredients may not match your schedule, it can lead to health problems," said Furlan and other Italian researchers.
Researchers believe that higher rates of sleep disorders, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular diseases, and accidents that disrupt the worker's experience may be due to stressors that often change sleep and wake up the nervous system.
Max Hirshkowitz, PhD, director of the Baylor College of Medicine sleep research center in Houston and author of a popular book on sleep disorders says that biological clock is a powerful force in determining people's sleep habits, and there are three basic processes that regulate and regulate sleep patterns. These are circadian rhythms, homeopathy, and anything else that activates the sympathetic nervous system and can interfere with sleep, ”says Hirshkowitz," For most people, it's harder to sleep during the day. Light is a stimulus, and there are more sounds during that day. "
Your biological clock tells you that the maximum hours throughout the day are 4:00 in the morning, says Hirshkowitz, but many workers turn to coffee at that time just in case. "Then they can't sleep, or they sleep but wake up in a short time," he said. "It's like having coffee after dinner."
Shift workers also often develop destructive habits such as trying to change their sleeping patterns on weekends or on their days off because they want to be with their friends or family. But according to Dr. Hirshkowitz, this is the wrong thing to do! "It triggers a poor sleep cycle," he said. He advises that if you have to work one night, you should make sure you have the same sleep pattern as you do in the daytime and that you should protect the time slot when you are sleeping. If you need to change shifts constantly and it involves night shifts, you need to do everything you can to protect your sleep. Do not exercise for two hours of sleep, but do exercise, and use curtains and earbuds. In other words, practice what Hirshkowitz calls "hygiene." More sleep than "less" ... shifting workers tends to get too critical; 8 hours during the day under 'ideal' conditions. is like 5 ½ or 6 at night, 6 hours a day is like getting about 4 at night, and so on down the scale. And the broken sleep, the danger of sleeping, is almost worse than the sleep. Hirshkowitz said it's easy to see the negative effects. What happens if you don't sleep enough? With lack of sleep, your balance is off; you have gastrointestinal defects, your eyes are sick, and you are more likely to have colds, headaches and whatever is going on.
Most transitional workers know they need more sleep. Some choose not to take steps to correct chronic sleep deprivation because of their activities or because they like extra money. Other people have no choice because of family responsibilities, childcare or because it is their only option for going to school. But if at all possible, no one would be able to do the graveyard or do the transitional work that included a night shift for a long time.
The schedule is worst for people who naturally like to go to bed early and get up early. "Ghosts or night owls are better but eventually shifts affect everyone. Night people sometimes say that up to their first five years of working shift this, they have no significant problem with going from bedtime to daytime or daytime napping.But eventually it does take a toll. Studies show that extended burial work can affect longevity. This is not called "graveyard shift" for no reason. .
Studies have shown links to cemetery workers or shift shift workers including night shift for breast and cancer, diabetes, weight change and obesity, mood swings, fatigue, chronic fatigue and general immune system weakness for many years. In 2007, the International Agency for Cancer Research, a cancer branch of the World Health Organization, supplemented the overnight shift work as a possible carcinogen, such as UV rays and diesel exhaust fumes. This is a surprisingly positive step that confirms concepts that were once considered strange or impossible. And, it is based on studies that found higher rates of breast and prostate cancer among women and men whose work days began after dark.
Many companies and organizations in the United States and around the world are beginning to recognize the sacrifices of night shift workers and compensate them for their sacrifices, as well as try to reduce their accidents and sickness rates by changing 40-hour shifts. weekdays, shorter work weeks, and non-traditional rotations including flextime time and choice of part-time positions and jobs. Cemetery workers are generally compensated with 10% higher pay than their co-workers. They are also often compensated with additional sickness or compensation or allow extra time without pay, but also with no attendance penalty. Flowers such as the area for naptime at rest or between shifts or recreational facilities are also common. In New York, some companies supply a 20-minute nap for a two-day shift for both shift and day workers in high-pressure positions. Recent studies suggest the use of 'light boxes'. in a special area where workers are moving or in the lounge will make them sharper. Employees who are not in a challenging or physically demanding position or have high seating capacity should always work with partners and be allowed access to television, radio, computers or anything else that interests them to stay alert, between or after their work is done. . Eating healthy foods from excessive amounts of caffeine and sugars is advised and wearing sunglasses in the morning, from sunrise to sleep to cutting off a lot of blue light tells the body that morning also helps.
Hopefully these additional balancing and balancing measures will be common knowledge, uniform in training and mandatory before more people end up too young in the burial ground where their shift is called.
The Night Shift Isn't Called Graveyard For No Reason
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