Queen of the Night Shift

Shift plan

The shift plan, also known as a rota or roster, is the central component of a shift schedule in shift work. The schedule includes considerations of shift overlap, shift change times and alignment with the clock, vacation, training, shift differentials, holidays, etc. The shift plan determines the sequence of work (W) and free (F) days within a shift system.

Night

Night, or nighttime, is the period of darkness when the Sun is below the horizon. Daylight illuminates one side of Earth, leaving the other in darkness. The opposite of nighttime is daytime. Earth's rotation causes the appearance of sunrise and sunset. Moonlight, airglow, starlight, and light pollution dimly illuminate night. The duration of day, night, and twilight varies depending on the time of year and the observer's latitude.

Midnight blue

Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue named for its resemblance to the apparently blue color of a moonlit night sky around a full moon. Midnight blue is identifiably blue to the eye in sunlight or full-spectrum light, but can appear black under certain more limited spectra sometimes found in artificial lighting. It is similar to navy, which is also a dark blue.

queen

Noun

1. The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
2. A female monarch.

Verb

1. To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it.
2. To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.

night

Noun

1. The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
2. The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.

Interjection

1. Ellipsis of good night.

shift

Noun

1. A movement to do something, a beginning.
2. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

Verb

1. To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
2. To change in form or character; switch.