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The Influence of Sleep Quality on Patient Safety Learning of Nursing Students
Atallah Alenezi1, Nahed Alquwez, Pedro P Rivera
1About the Authors All authors were faculty at the College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra, Saudi Arabia, during the conduct of the study. Atallah Alenezi, PhD, RN, and Nahed Alquwez, PhD, RN, remain at Shaqra University as associate professors. Pedro P. Rivera, Jr., MAEd, MD, RN, and Conrado C. Catimbang, PhD, RN, RRT, were lecturers. Abdulellah Alsolais, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor. Jonas Preposi Cruz, PhD, RN, was a lecturer at Shaqra University and is now an assistant professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. For more information, contact Dr. Cruz at jonas.cruz@nu.edu.kz .
Abstract:
We investigated the influence of nursing students' sleep quality on their patient safety (PS) competence (i.e., knowledge of the dimensions of PS). The investigation surveyed 242 nursing students in a Saudi university. The majority of the surveyed students were characterized as having poor sleep quality. Notably, more male students experienced poor sleep quality than female students. The students reported the highest confidence in "culture of safety" and "managing safety risk"; they exhibited the poorest confidence in "working in teams." Increased length of sleep latency decreased sleep efficiency, and increased daytime sleepiness-related dysfunction was associated with reduced PS competence.
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