Improving Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reducing Burnout

Description

Healthy and happy nurses are essential to ensuring optimal patient outcomes and organizational success. The evidence on the negative impacts of night shift on nurses' health and cognitive function, and their implications on patient outcomes and organizational costs, reflect the need for interventions to mitigate these detrimental outcomes. This pilot, feasibility, clinical trial will examine the feasibility of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation room and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift) and explore the interventions effects on nurses' health, missed care, and burnout.

Conditions

Healthy

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Healthy and happy nurses are essential to ensuring optimal patient outcomes and organizational success. The evidence on the negative impacts of night shift on nurses' health and cognitive function, and their implications on patient outcomes and organizational costs, reflect the need for interventions to mitigate these detrimental outcomes. This pilot, feasibility, clinical trial will examine the feasibility of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation room and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift) and explore the interventions effects on nurses' health, missed care, and burnout.

A Pilot, Feasibility Study to Improve Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reduce Burnout

Improving Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reducing Burnout

Condition
Healthy
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Pittsburgh

UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Being a registered nurse at UPMC Shadyside (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • * Working full-time night or rotating shifts
  • * Willing to wear a Fitbit around-the-clock during the study
  • * Willing to use nap/relaxation room and glasses only when assigned to that condition
  • * Willing to provide saliva samples
  • * Having a diagnosed sleep disorder (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, or shift work disorder)
  • * Currently being treated for a serious mental illness
  • * Needing to use eye glasses to complete work related activities (note: contact lenses are acceptable)
  • * Use of prescription or over-the-counter sleep aides including melatonin

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Pittsburgh,

Study Record Dates

2025-12-31