NTI Recorded Session NTI25293

Nightshift: How Nurses and Patients Can Adapt to the Dark

Author(s): Megan E Brunson, PHD,RN,CCRN-CSC,CNL,FCCM

Contact Hours 1.00

CERP A 1.00

Expires Dec 31, 2027

Topics: Well-Being

Population: Adult, Pediatric

Role: Staff

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Activity Summary

This session explores the physical and physiological impact of the nightshift for patients and nurses. Understanding sleep architecture can provide a foundation for nurses to collaborate on care in order to improve outcomes and decrease length of stay for their patients. Also, nurses working the nightshift must have effective strategies to reduce fatigue, decrease risk to personal safety and explore barriers to their professional growth.

Objectives

  • Examine the physical and physiological impact of nightshift on nurses and patients.
  • Select resources to manage working nightshift as a nurse, identifying steps to improve work-life balance.
  • Discuss approaches to support a healthier environment for nightshift nurses and minimize risk to patients in the hospital environment.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

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Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.