The few nurses I personally know who work at hospitals, at least here in KC, work 12 hour shifts. With commute, that's, say, 13 hours. Minimum 8 hours sleep because hospital nursing is stressful work leaves 3 hours leisure time -- minus 1 hour to shower and eat before going to work, and 1 hour to shower and eat after coming home, and those are probably the only 2 meals of the day. Diet could be an issue, but stress is more likely, including the stress of fighting your regular body rhythms to be awake at night, the stress of hospital work, and the stress of no leisure time to speak of, except for on the weekends.
I forgot to mention they work 4 days on, 2 days off, so their weekends don't always match up with the weekends of their significant others.
Reggie Bautista
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