Night Shift And Its Impact Upon The Quality Of Life Of Nurses and Midwives
Abstract
This study was carried out to examine night shift and it’s impact on the quality of life of nurses and midwives in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala, Anambra State. The study was specifically carried out to examine determine the impact of night shift on the physical and mental health of nurses and midwives, determine whether night shift generates higher level of stress and fatigue thereby affecting nurses and midwives’ quality of life, determine whether night shift affects the quality of family relationship of nurses and midwives, and determine whether night shift affects the social life of nurses and midwives. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of nurses and midwives in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 57 respondents and 50 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables, and mean scores. While the hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlation statistical tool, SPSS v23. The result of the findings reveals that night shift has a negative impact on the quality of life of nurses and midwives in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. The study also revealed that night shift generates higher level of stress and fatigue thereby affecting nurses and midwives’ quality of life. Therefore, it is recommended that it should provide adequate off-duty hours to let an uninterrupted sleep cycle of at least 8 h a day, which may affect nurses and midwives’ daily life at home. It should use permanent shift assignments, which may diminish tiredness effects, instead of rotating shift duties. To mention but a few.
Aims and Objectives
Although, the primary objectives of the study is evaluate night shift and it’s impact upon the quality of life of nurses and midwives in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. Other specific objectives are:
- Determine the impact of night shift on the physical and mental health of nurses and midwives.
- Determine whether night shift generates higher level of stress and fatigue thereby affecting nurses and midwives’ quality of life.
- Determine whether night shift affects the quality of family relationship of nurses and midwives.
- Determine whether night shift affects the social life of nurses and midwives.
Research Questions
- What is the impact of night shift on the physical and mental health of nurses and midwives?
- Does night shift generates higher level of stress and fatigue thereby affecting nurses and midwives’ quality of life?
- Does night shift affects the quality of family relationship of nurses and midwives?
- Does night shift affects the social life of nurses and midwives?
Hypothesis of the study
Ho: Night shift has no negative impact on the quality of life of nurses and midwives in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.
Ha: Night shift and has a positive impact on the quality of life of nurses and midwives in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.
Chapter One
1.0 INTRODUCTION:
This chapter introduces the Night Shift And Its Impact Upon The Quality Of Life Of Nurses and Midwives and its relevance, states the research problems, research questions, and objectives, provides a background of the study, and should also include the research hypothesis [INTRO89946]…
Chapter Two: Literature Review
2.0 INTRODUCTION:
This chapter provides the background and context of the research problems, reviews the existing literature on the Night Shift And Its Impact Upon The Quality Of Life Of Nurses and Midwives, and acknowledges the contributions of scholars who have previously conducted similar research [REV89946] …