Awake overnight staff may have the same responsibilities as daytime workers; but there’s an extra battle they have to fight: drowsiness.
Employee sleep deprivation can lead to a whole host of issues on the job, including confusion, poor productivity and accidents. In fact, sleep deprivation has been linked to some major historical disasters, such as Chernobyl and the Exxon oil spill.
8 Ideas To Stay Awake
Tips to stay awake during your awake overnight shift
1.) Chore and task lists
Having varied activities throughout the night can keep you active and awake.
Awake overnight staff management, security check-ins at malls, and Electronic Visit Verification for home health aides are all examples of employee monitoring. The term “monitoring” has been a point of contention over the years—bouncing from bad to good to bad (and back again). The ambivalence surrounding this word deserves a little more exploration.
Continue reading Monitoring Your Staff: Big Brother or Safety System?SteadyCare recently sat down with Disability Cocoon for one of their weekly Tech Huddles. Take a look at the video to learn more about SteadyCare, and the Check-In Plus platform.
Continue reading SteadyCare Presentation with Disability Cocoon Tech HuddleYour night shift employees are necessary for providing around-the-clock care, especially in the healthcare industry. Although these hires may not see action every night, their position is vital for your business. Here’s a simple guide to the importance of personality in your night shift workers. These jobs require personality and adaptability to wherever the night takes you.
Continue reading 3 Reasons Personality is Important in Hiring Night-Shift EmployeesThe night shift isn’t typically desired, but sometimes you can’t avoid it. Whether it’s retail, restaurant/bar work, medical, or some other field, there’s always a demand for workers in these late hours. You can make lemons out of lemonade and learn how to make the best out of this situation for you and your employees. This is how to remove stress from your night shift employment.
Continue reading How to Remove Stress from Your Night Shift Employment SituationBy all means, your facility should probably be using a workforce management solution to meet the needs of your staff. But when it comes to employee monitoring and presence verification, you should trust SteadyCare to do the job. If an incident happens: being able to validate employee presence is a valuable resource to have. Being proactive with using presence monitoring and verification software can also help your agency reduce the likelihood of incidents occurring because of awake overnight staff issues.
The Sandwich Generation is a generation of people (usually in their 30s or 40s) who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children. The different scenarios involved in being a part of the sandwich generation:
