Regarding the article, Geiger-Brown, J., Sagherian, K., Zhu, S., Wieroniey, M. A
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Regarding the article, Geiger-Brown, J., Sagherian, K., Zhu, S., Wieroniey, M. A., Blair, L., Warren, J., . . . Szeles, R. (2016). Napping on the night shift: A two-hospital implementation project. American Journal of Nursing, 116(5), 26–33.
What is the purpose of this article?
What are the research question(s) asked in this article?
What is the hypothesis in this article?
What were the results or key findings of this research?
What were the different groups in this study?
What were the differences in the results between the groups in the study?
Explanation / Answer
2 purposes.
1. Assess what are the barriers for implementing night-shift naps of nurses
2. Describe the nap experience taken during night shifts by nurses.
Research question
Will napping be useful in night shift services or counter productive?
Hypothesis question
To check if nurses feel better after napping for short durations during the night shift hours?
Results
Main barrier of napping was getting the nurses manager's approval.
Nurses had high levels of sleepiness before napping.
They experience light to deep sleep in more than half of the cases.
Sleep inertia was not obsevered.
Different groups in the study
2 hospitals were chosen. Nursing units with nurses are the groups for this study. 6 nursing units were used.
The two groups are day working nurse and night shift nurse.
Difference in results b/w the groups.
Sleep pressure is high and is maintained at that levels for the night shift nurses between 11 pm - 6 am whereas
sleep pressure is high at 11pm and reduces gradually till 6 am for the day working nurses between 11 pm - 6 am.
A small 30 minute nap during the night shift leads to reduced sleep pressure and will gradually increase till it peaks at 9 am (which is the time the night shift nurse will go to sleep)