More than 7 working hrs a day = bad for your heart...

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Article says 11 hour working days are bad for your health/heart. Doesnt say anything about the 13 hr shifts i regularly pull... :p

Memo to boss: 11-hour days are bad for the heart on Yahoo! Health

Specializes in Oncology.

So then, what's the solution? No more night shift? Because that is bad for my heart AND is going to give me cancer and make me fat. Hospitals will now close at 11pm, and will resume business at 7am.

No, they got close at 4pm and open at 9am so everyone can get their 8 hours sleep and only work 7 hours! I'm sure there is literature suggesting patients don't like being bugged at night, too, so it's like, a win win!

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Specializes in IMCU.
We're all gonna die someday, Lord/We're all gonna die someday/Mama's on pills daddy's over the hill/but we're all gonna die someday.

So, work is going to kill me, drinking is going to kill me, working night shift is going to kill me, eating red meat/pesticide laden veggies/hydrogenated fats/high fructose corn syrup is going to kill me.

If I'm going to die anyway, I might as well work my 3-12s and have more time off.

Yep. I couldn't agree more.

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