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Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess sleep pattern and work performance among internship nursing students. This descriptive study design was carried out on a sample of 200
internship nursing students (males & females), at different hospital units in Ain Shams University Hospitals. Data collection tools included: An Interview Questionnaire Sheet,
the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Work Performance Scale. Results revealed that less than three quarters of the study sample were females (71.5%) which their age from 21-23 years (64%) and 13% of the study sample were married. From
another hand 90% of the study sample has Poor pattern of sleep
quality with a mean 9.4, while only 10% of them has good sleep pattern, it also indicates that 86% of the study sample has poor sleep quality and unsatisfactory work performance. It is concluded that internship nursing students have poor Sleep quality and unsatisfactory level of work performance regardless their gender. While age affects the level of their work performance. Moreover, the major impairment in their
performance appears in the psychosocial dimension. Most
students sleep about 7 hours only during the day and this period
may be intermittent in some cases. Overall, the effect of poor quality of sleep negatively affected concentration, working
memory and executive functions, also it affected communication with other people as colleagues and patients. The study recommends that an educational program should be
applied in order to teach internship nursing students appropriate
sleep hygiene measures which help them to avoid sleep disorders and obtain a high sleep quality, also more studies should be conducted to determine types of sleep disorders which may affect nursing students.