Snooze for safety: Is napping an option to combat nurse fatigue?

Susan H Weaver1, April Camiling-Burke, Ulanda Marcus-Aiyeku

  • 1Susan H. Weaver is a nurse scientist at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J. and the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing in Newark, N.J. April Camiling-Burke is a nurse scientist at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J. Ulanda Marcus-Aiyeku is a nurse scientist at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J., and the executive director of Remi's Room LLC. Maryjo Phillips is the clinical program manager at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J. Theresa A. Wurmser is the vice president of nursing research, grants, and academic affairs at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J., and dean of the Georgian Court-Hackensack Meridian Health School of Nursing in Lakewood, N.J.

Nursing Management
|October 29, 2024
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