Today's episode is PART ONE of a shift worker focus. This is for the nurses, the paramedics, the janitors and cleaning staff, and those of us who work a job that has changing hours. 

On today's episode I'm breaking down the environment and the data around Burnout & Shiftwork, why the environment can make or break burnout risk for shift workers, and why being on night shift alone isn't enough to lead to full fledged burnout. 

Does it put you at risk? Yes. Is it the deciding factor? No. 

Turns out, according to the data that I've pulled, night shifts predispose you to emotional exhaustion - only one of the three factors of burnout! But the depersonalization and the lack of personal achievement or progression that rounds out the burnout triad aren't necessarily caused by the night shift alone. Howveer, if you experience all three of those things, night shift is going to seriously affect you. 

So, today on the podcast, I'm talking about environmental factors that lead to emotional exhaustion, and how you can start to shape your environment to protect against the depersonalization and lack of personal achievement. It's a wordy podcast (hello 40 minutes!) but I really couldn't figure out how to make this one shorter. 

There are two more podcasts that will be following this as I work to support our shift workers health - one on cardiovascular risk protection and another on how shift work affects women (and our hormones) in particular. 

I hope you enjoy this episode, and I'll see you next week! 

 

Research: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519910/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994941/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31791964/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36539975/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35431686/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9621389/

 

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