Mitigating Drowsy Driving Risk for Night Shift Nurses

Am J Nurs. 2021 Oct 1;121(10):11. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000794192.75580.70.

Authors

Jeanne Geiger-Brown¹, Anthony McDonald

Affiliation

¹ Jeanne Geiger-Brown recently retired as a professor of nursing and an associate dean for research at George Washington University, Washington, DC, and Anthony McDonald is an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station. Contact author: Jeanne Geiger-Brown, jgeigerbrown@gwu.edu . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

PMID: 34554969
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000794192.75580.70

Abstract

Preventive measures range from napping to installing driver monitoring systems in cars.

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic / prevention & control*
Adult
Automobile Driving*
Female
Humans
Male
Nurses / statistics & numerical data*
Sleep
Sleep Deprivation*
Work Schedule Tolerance*