Fatigue In Nursing

Fatigue affects nurse’s ability to make sound decisions in critical care settings. Nurses are more likely to suffer from fatigue and sleepiness due to longer shifts. Fatigue can affect the nurse physically, mentally, and emotionally. Fatigued nurses are more likely than well rested nurses to make unsound decisions that may lead to errors, decision regret or negative emotions following a decision during time of fatigue.

Research Purpose/Aim
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between selected sleep variables, impairment due to fatigue, and clinical-decision self-efficacy and regret among critical care nurses (Scott, Arslanian-Engoren, & Engoren, 2014). The aim of this research explored the prevalence of clinical-decision