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It is highly probable that those entering the health care field will at some time in their career be required to work shifts. This will not be a personal choice, but rather a requirement of the employer. Many, especially those in nursing, paramedics, and x-ray technicians, will have work rotating shifts for many years. For the year 1993 Statistics Canada stated that three out of ten Canadians worked shift work. In the years following 1993 the percentage of those working irregular hour is believed to have increased. A 2005 Statistics Canada article entitled Life-work balance of shift workers examined job satisfaction within the health care field. It concluded that shift workers were less satisfied with their jobs than those who worked days. “The most common reason, cited by 55% of full-time shift workers, was the nature of the job”, a key component of which was hours of work. The authors of Armodafinial for treatment of excessive sleepiness associated with sift work disorder, C. A. Czeisler, J. K. Walsh, K. A. Wesnes, S. Arora, and T. Roth, believe that most of the Americans that work the irregular hour are negatively effected by their work and have, “impaired wakefulness while working or communicating and, despite prior sleep deprivation, insomnia during sleep.”

Many shift workers are scheduled to rotating shifts. It is most typical that they work several consecutive 8 hour shifts with two or three days off. These days off are often used for the purpose of transitioning between days, afternoon and midnight shifts. Day shifts often comense at 8:00 am, afternoons at 4:00 pm and midnights at 12:00 am. L. D. Milia, the author of Shift work, sleepiness and long distance driving, states that there are some ...

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...worker quality of life and their average life span. This fact is proven in the article titled Effects on Sleep-Related Problems and Self-Reported Health After a Change of Shift Schedule finds that 30% of people that work a lifetime of shift work will suffer from an illness that is a direct result of having worked shifts.

Conclusion of findings

All articles researched present findings that support the hypothese that working shift work has a negative side effect on either your health, wellbeing or on your quality of sleep. Some even claim that working shift work will decree your life span. Both Shift Work Disorder, and Excessive Sleepiness Disorder are displayed in those that work shift work. It is also believed that if you work shift work there is an increase probability of workplace accidents, as well as accidents that may occur after working a shift.