Health care workers are frazzled – and poor sleep may turn stress into poor mental health

Disturbed sleep can worsen depressive symptoms of health care workers whose jobs come with high levels of emotional labor and work-family conflict.

Yuan Zhang, Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell • conversation
March 14, 2023 • ~8 min

Nurses sleep 83 fewer minutes before work days

Nurses sleep on average 83 minutes less before a work shift compared to a day off. That's bad news for patients.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Dec. 12, 2019 • ~5 min

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