Napping during night shift: Practices, preferences, and perceptions of critical care and emergency department nurses

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Fallis, Wendy M ^a,b   McMillan, Diana E ^b   Edwards, Marie P ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CANADA; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT CARE; NURSES; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 80051779933     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2011710     Document Type: Article

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