The October 6, 2008 Nursing Spectrum Magazine has a great fear inducing headline. It reads: “Cancer Risk On The Night Shift” with a white cup filled with coffee directly below the headline. The coffee looks cold, which certainly would be true to life for those who have to answer a call light the moment they pour that long awaited steaming cup.The headline is followed by these words: “Experts say it’s too early to panic.”Cancer risk; Panic; not exactly positive images for the grave yard shift worker.The words grave yard shift derive from two separate sources.The first references the 19th century problem of burying people who were still alive, but in a deep coma, perhaps. A bell was placed in the coffin to enable the waking supposed corpse to notify the grave yard attendants of their new-found life. Those attendants worked the grave yard at night, thus earning a title we still enjoy to this day.The other story references the eery quiet that often settles over the world between 3-am. This quiet may be likened to the hush of the grave yard at night. Not to mention the feeling that creeps over the people who must stay awake during these hours: […]

Full Article At: KnowHow-Now.com Articles

Bookmark to: