Particual Importance In Nursing

Nursing is one of the best and hardest career out there. Nursing demands the person to be cognitively sound of mind and be in optimal contiditons to serve the public. Exellence and accuracy in nursing is not only expected but it is required. The lives of people depend on the awareness, alertness and clarity of mind of the nurse. Unfourtunatly nurses are overworked, stressed and often pushed beyond healthy and safe limits. This is concerning especially when we condisder the crititcal and important role nurses play in the care of vulnerable patients. One of the areas that is of particual importatnce in nursing and as a nursing student is getting enough rest in ordered to have a receptive and sharp mind. The consequences of not getting enough rest can lead to stress and poor lifestyle choices that compound the problem and eventually lead to burn out. This then turns into a vicious cycle that can be hard to …show more content…
According to (international journal of nursing) chronic sleep deprovation has shown to increase fatigue and stress. The amount of sleep a person should get per night is a minimum of seven hours. (Internal journal). When a nurse gets enough sleep, patient satisfaction goes up as well as patient safety. healthcare related infections go down and dosing errors also go down. Getting those seven hours of sleep can also prevent damage to the mental health of the nurse. A nurse who is well rested will most likely also engage in other healthy activities such as eatng healthier and having lower levels of stress. When the nursing staff is in optimal health both physically and mentally it prevents nurse and nuring student burn out. If nurses or students are burning out there will either be a drop out rate or the intention to stay working decreases. There is alrady a shortage in nursing and we don’t need to create more problems where nurses don’t want to go into work or do their job