Background: The night duty is identified as an opportunity for extending students’ experiences that would not normally exist during the day. Third and fourth year nursing students in the Bachelor of Nursing (clinical) honors programmed are allowed to do night duty. Despite that, the learning opportunities available and challenges experienced during night duty are not known. Objective: The objec...

There is much research concerning the psychological and physical effects of sleep deprivation on patients in healthcare systems, yet interrupted sleep on hospital wards at night remains a problem. Staff at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Devon, wanted to identify the factors that prevent patients from sleeping well at night. Two audits were carried out, between April and August 2015, to assess no...

BACKGROUND Physical restraints are a common, albeit controversial, tool used in the acute care setting. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of physical restraint use in an acute care hospital. Secondary objectives were to determine whether physical restraints are used more commonly in night shifts, identify patient risk factors for physical restraint use, and establish if staff-to-patient ...

Against a background of concerns about future hospital medical staffing and the safety of unsupervised operations at night, this study examines which gynaecological operations now undertaken at night may be safely postponed until the following day. In the first phase of the study, the operations taking place at night in four hospitals were identified. In the second phase a nominal group techniq...

People requiring palliative care should have their needs met by services acting in accordance with wishes. A hospice the south of England provides such via a 24/7 at home service. This study aimed to establish how nurse-led night service supported patients and family carers remain avoid hospital admissions. Semi-structured interviews were carried out (n=38) hospice-at-home staff (n=9). Through ...

review of mental health and physical health in night working nurses in golestan university of medical sciences in 2008-2009 hojjati h , tahery n , sharifniyai sh received: 14 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: night shift schedules may have negative physical, mental, and social effects on nurses and their personal life and reduces the quality of the work. this study...

This article presents the key findings from an extensive research project aiming to identify the determinants of poor sleep in care homes. A mixed methods study was conducted in 10 care homes in South East England. This included 2-week daily diaries completed by 145 older residents and interviews with 50 care-home staff. This research demonstrated that the regular surveillance by qualified nurs...