Effects of Sleep on Academic Performance in Nursing Majors
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Leake, Morgan
Garcia, Amanda
Sycle, William
Marshall, Jessalyn
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2024-04-04
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Our research study intended to find the correlation between getting adequate sleep and academic success. Nursing school demands higher levels of concentration and cognitive function. Nurses are required to critically think at fast-paced intervals and provide safe and efficient patient care. To meet such standards, nurses need adequate sleep to ensure they have energy and the ability to focus. As nursing students, academic schedules are assigned and rigorous in workload, which hinders the ability to get quality sleep. Not only are they expected to perform as nurses in the clinical setting, but they also are held to the expectation to perform in the academic realm and obtain high scores. These factors led to the inquiry into the correlation between quality sleep and academic and clinical performance for nursing students. The goal of this research is to shed light on the overloaded academic schedules of nursing students and an attempt to improve the schedules for future nursing students at Alma College. To gather this information, the Qualtrics Survey system was used to anonymously email the junior cohort inquiring about their sleep habits and grades after their first and third exams during the Fall Term. Our results showed that there is a causation correlation between quality sleep and academic success. Students who slept seven hours or more reported that their sleep aided in the success of their grades.