As a nurse, Fatigue is a thought-provoking concept to learn because it varies from one patient to another as it is subjective. The focus of this study is the Adolescent age group, specifically high school students in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that fatigue can be a symptom for hundreds of illnesses (2012). Whether it is physically felt, related to a psychiatric disease or is psychosomatic, fatigue is a concept studied in different disciplines such as Psychology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Education and Nursing. Key terms that are commonly describing the concept of fatigue are: depression, sleep, stress, and adolescent. Fatigue is affecting adolescents and is an evident problem experienced by high school
