CE Module: A Systematic Review of Workplace-Based Employee Health Interventions and Their Impact on Sleep Duration Among Shift Workers

This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module for 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.

A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://www.aaohn.org by November 2023; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.

Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:

• Identify the interventions most commonly used in the health care and social assistance sector to help with improving or maintaining the health of shift workers.

• Discuss the interventions that helped the most in sleep duration.

The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283).

Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.

1. Shift work is associated with long-term health risks such as:

2. Cardiovascular disease

3. Musculoskeletal disease

4. All of the above

Population-based studies have shown an association between breast and prostate cancers in shift workers

True

False

Sleep deficiencies and disorders related to shift work include:

Obesity

Insomnia

Pneumonia

Narcolepsy

Circadian misalignment means:

Inappropriately timed sleep and wake cycle

Eating dinner for breakfast

Working the 3pm to 11pm shift

Using a CPAP during the day

The research method employed in this study was:

Experimental

An observational trial

An interventional study

A systematic review

In the current study, the successful interventions identified as improving sleep among shift workers were:

The interventions that addressed exercise and nutrition

The interventions that included hypnosis

The interventions that addressed mindfulness and meditationsd

No interventions were found to be successful in improving sleep in shift workers

Further research is needed in:

The role of food and sleep discrepancies

The role of menstruation and sleep disorders

Workplace based interventions on sleep among older shift workers

The role of napping among shift workers

Implications for Occupational Health Nurses (OHNs) include:

Workplace interventions to increase sleep duration are needed to prevent or reduce fractured sleep

Use of interventions that focus on sleep hygiene, shift timing, and stress reduction

Workplace productivity and health outcomes might be improved with the appropriate workplace interventions.

All the above