Comparison of Ambulance Nurses and Day Clinic Nurses Sleep Quality

Abstract

Sleep is an important human need, we all need it for a healthy, functioning life. It is an important physiological and it can be a psychological need as it is crucial for maintaining mood balance and mental function. As a profession that by its nature it have a high risk of disturbing human basic psychological needs, it is a profession which dealing with stress and timing in daily basis. Poor sleep can be part of this job and it is part of the hospital nurses, by a study on Asian staff nurses it indicate that in a general number of staff nurses from 26.4% to 39.4% do have sleep disturbance [1]. Nurse’s workload is generally very high and that will have an impact on health as well as the increase of chance of burnout and stress related problems. A review on related literature have found that 39.8% of nurses have a high risk of insufficient sleep (IS) ration [47]. By an increase in nurses sleep disturbance and insufficient sleep there will be a high risk and increase of the clinical errors, decrees in work efficiency, increase in clinical occupation accidents and injuries [3]. Aim of research: To compare Ambulance nurses and day clinic nurses sleep quality. Research objectives: 1. To understand the sleep physiology, importance of sleep and public health, sleep quality of nurses and poor sleep quality and the problems that it cause on the healthcare providers 2. To evaluate the sleep quality and possible sleep problems of nurses 3. To Analyze the influencing factors of sleep disorders and wellbeing risk that oppose to the healthcare professionals working in night shift schedules and 24 hour shifts Method: This is a cross-section study done by number of nurses participating in filling the questioner of Epworth and Pittsburgh standard sleep index test. We have chosen two group of nurses in two different clinical environment, they are from different age groups and marital status. The first group are the ambulance nurses of Kaunas city emergency medical service, the second group are the day clinic nurses of Kaunas hospital. There was two questioner (Epworth and Pittsburgh) with no personal data which was field by nurses who are willing to take part in the study. The data collected by these two standard test are collected and put to the use for this study.