Perspectives of Healthcare Education Leadership on Nurses' Night Shift Sleeping Concerns in Abu Dhabi's Private Hospital

Abstract

Sleep management is shift-work nurses' most significant challenge. Little is known about how they manage shift work-related sleeplessness in practice. Night shift nurses frequently encounter detrimental effects on their health and the quality of patient care. This paper focuses on exploring the viewpoints of healthcare education leaders regarding night shift challenges in nursing and specific treatment strategies, analyzed within the framework of educational leadership theory in a private hospital in the Abu Dhabi emirate. The research used qualitative methods, conducting semi-structured interviews with healthcare educator leaders to generate data to achieve the research aim. The findings show that night shift nurses endure a lot of challenges including effect on nurse health, effect on quality of patient care, and nurse professional development. The paper provides a number of recommendations to help reduce the challenges and to facilitate the effectiveness of nurses’ night shift.