Linda Gellerstedt1, Jörgen Medin2, Maria Kumlin3, Monica Rydell Karlsson4. 1. Department of Health Promoting Science, Sophiahemmet University, P.O. Box 5605, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Electronic address: linda.gellerstedt@shh.se. 2. Department of Health Promoting Science, Sophiahemmet University, P.O. Box 5605, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish Red Cross University, P.O. Box 1059, 141 21 Huddinge, Sweden. Electronic address: jorgen.medin@rkh.se. 3. Department of Health Promoting Science, Sophiahemmet University, P.O. Box 5605, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden; Unit for Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Electronic address: maria.kumlin@shh.se. 4. Ersta Skondal Bracke University College, Stigbergsgatan 30, P.O. Box 11189, SE-100 61 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Electronic address: monica.rydell-karlsson@esh.se.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Sleep is a basic human need and is considered important for maintaining health. It is even more important during illness due to its impact for example on our immune system. Nurses have an important role in identifying sleep deprivation. They are also in a unique position to promote and address sleep among patients. However, it is essential that they are provided with the appropriate knowledge during training. AIM: To explore and describe nursing students' perceptions of preparedness to adress and support patients' sleep during hospitalization and to apply sleep-promoting interventions in a clinical context. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate if, and how, the topic of sleep is explicitly incorporated in nursing education programs. DESIGN: A descriptive study based on a mixed method approach. METHODS: Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from program and course syllabuses and intended learning outcomes from three universities. Twenty-one nursing students from the same universities were interviewed during their final year of education. RESULTS: The results of both quantitative and qualitative data consistently show that education regarding sleep and patients' sleep is limited and, in some respects, absent in the Bachelor of Science Nursing programs investigated. CONCLUSION: This study indicates that education about sleep and patients' sleep in the nursing programs studied is insufficient and limited. This gap in knowledge may lead to prospective registered nurses using their own experiences instead of evidence-based knowledge when assessing, supporting and applying sleep-promoting interventions.
BACKGROUND: Sleep is a basic human need and is considered important for maintaining health. It is even more important during illness due to its impact for example on our immune system. Nurses have an important role in identifying sleep deprivation. They are also in a unique position to promote and address sleep among patients. However, it is essential that they are provided with the appropriate knowledge during training. AIM: To explore and describe nursing students' perceptions of preparedness to adress and support patients' sleep during hospitalization and to apply sleep-promoting interventions in a clinical context. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate if, and how, the topic of sleep is explicitly incorporated in nursing education programs. DESIGN: A descriptive study based on a mixed method approach. METHODS: Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from program and course syllabuses and intended learning outcomes from three universities. Twenty-one nursing students from the same universities were interviewed during their final year of education. RESULTS: The results of both quantitative and qualitative data consistently show that education regarding sleep and patients' sleep is limited and, in some respects, absent in the Bachelor of Science Nursing programs investigated. CONCLUSION: This study indicates that education about sleep and patients' sleep in the nursing programs studied is insufficient and limited. This gap in knowledge may lead to prospective registered nurses using their own experiences instead of evidence-based knowledge when assessing, supporting and applying sleep-promoting interventions.
Authors: Elizabeth Capezuti; Rana Sagha Zadeh; Michael Ames Brigham; Brooke Ana Dias; Benjamin Chanhee Kim; Evie Lengetti; Belle Erikson; Nancy Swezey; Ana C Krieger Journal: BMC Palliat Care Date: 2022-01-21 Impact factor: 3.234