Summary: This quantitative descriptive study examined data from Freeman Health System in order to prove that the study’s hypothesis, night shift nurses commit more medication errors because of sleep deprivation, fatigue, or their circadian rhythm, is correct. The statistical analysis utilized a two-sample t-test to evaluate the variance in medication errors, comparing night shift to day shift and wake cycle to sleep cycle.

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Title

• Day Shift Nurses vs. Night Shift Nurses: Sleep Deprivation and Circadian Rhythm Affecting Night Shift Nurses to Commit More Medication Errors

Last modified

• 06/06/2024

Creator

• Moore, Kayce E.

Contributor

• Missouri Southern State University

Date Created

• 2013

Identifier

• vital:11342

Language

• eng

Publisher

• Missouri Southern State University (Joplin, Mo.)

Resource Type

• Dissertation

Source

• Missouri Southern State University Archive

Subject

• Academic theses
• t-test (Statistics)
• Night work -- Health aspects
• Hospitals -- Night care
• Medication errors -- Statistics
• Statistics

Rights

• All documents property of Missouri Southern State University. Contact [email protected] for further information.

File Format

• Adobe Acrobat PDF