boyfriend on night shift; how can i support him? any advice to get through it?

basically the title; he’s a nurse and has been on night shift for a while but i only just started my job as a teacher (was previously in college + summer off). it was easy then because i could basically have his schedule and we both had more time to make it work. the transition has been difficult because everyone’s first year of teaching is hell and he’s really only just gotten on his feet with doing stuff on his own we’ve made it work and are genuinely happy but when it’s tough for me it’s really tough (tbh i’m not 100% on how he’s handling it, but he seems to be doing better than me)—sometimes it’s hard to be alone at night and anxious for the next day without him here i only really get to see him for the hour or so he’s up before his shift and then if he’s off on weekends but during the week if he’s off i’m usually in bed so early we don’t see each other much. it’s just difficult but i’m hopeful once i get into a better groove it won’t be as bad.

sorry for the rant TLDR; just want advice/tips on how to make this work better now before it gets worse? and anything i can do to support him (gifts/words of encouragement/space/etc.)?

[ps i know my bf is a reddit lurker so if you see this no you didn’t 😭]