Why The Shift Worker’s Paradox Matters for Every Night-Shift Professional

Night work demands more than resilience—it requires understanding what chronic circadian disruption does to your body, mood, cognition, and long-term health.

The Shift Worker’s Paradox gives night-shift nurses and overnight professionals something they rarely receive: evidence-based guidance written by someone who has lived the schedule, understands its physiological toll, and can translate complex science into actionable strategies.

The book outlines how disrupted sleep, metabolic shifts, cardiovascular strain, mood instability, and impaired recovery accumulate over time—and more importantly, what you can do to counteract them. It offers practical routines, nutrition approaches, recovery planning, and environmental adjustments anchored in real-world clinical experience and current research.

For night-shift workers trying to protect their health, preserve their performance, and extend their careers, this book provides a roadmap built on expertise, clarity, and credibility.

Why I Wrote - The Shift Worker’s Paradox

This book exists because nurses, and all shift workers, deserve more than advice to “hydrate” or “adjust your sleep.” They deserve research-driven strategies to mitigate risk, preserve health, and understand the exposures they shoulder in service of others.

Author: R.E. Hengsterman, MSN, MA, M.E., RN

Registered nurse, night-shift administrator, and author of The Shift Worker’s Paradox

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