Abstract:

Factors such as sleep, intense working conditions, and stress significantly affect the sleep quality of working individuals and cause sleep problems. It is known that sleep disorders are more common in individuals who are diagnosed with a chronic disease or who contain their working life by keeping watch. Nursing, which is one of the occupational groups that work by keeping watch, is a stressful profession with an intense workload due to many negative factors arising from the working environment. Most nurses experience sleep disorders. Insomnia impairs the quality of life of nurses and negatively affects their working efficiency. Because It is necessary to improve the working patterns and hours of nurses and other shift working health workers. It is important to investigate the sleep problems and effects of nurses, to deal with the problems with descriptive or experimental studies, and take precautions accordingly. In this study, studies conducted to determine the sleep quality of nurses and the affecting factors are discussed.

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