Impaired sleep pattern in rotary nursing internships according to the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)

Abstract

Introduction: Sleep is an indicator of quality of life, so good sleep leads to good academic and work performance, rotating interns, being subject to shifts and academic hours, usually present a deterioration in the sleep pattern since that it is postponed having 5 to 6 hours of rest. Objective: To analyze the deterioration of the sleep pattern in rotary nursing interns according to the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA). Methodology: This research is quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional. It uses the data collection with the application of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index survey in 78 nursing interns and its subsequent analysis in Excel and IBM SPSS 25. Results: it was possible to analyze the results in seven components: 1) subjective sleep quality, 2) sleep latency, 3) sleep duration, 4) habitual sleep efficiency, 5) sleep disturbances, 6) use of hypnotic medication, and 7) daytime dysfunction. Conclusion: there is a deterioration in the sleep pattern in rotating nursing interns with the presence of drowsiness and daytime dysfunction.