Exploration of Sleep Health and Behaviors Among Undergraduate Nursing Students

Nursing students experience inadequate sleep because of academic demands, with detrimental effects on academic performance. Objective and subjective data informed students' sleep patterns. Actigraphy data revealed that students ( n = 46) slept for 392 minutes per night. Among the 38 participants who completed actigraphy and demographic and survey data, Pearson correlation testing revealed significant relationships between self-efficacy and perceived stress ( r = -.604, p = .001), as well as average sleep time ( r = -.371 , p = .022). Qualitative data revealed the impact sleep has on physical and mental well-being. Individual and environmental influences resulted in students achieving insufficient sleep.