Mental health status of Chinese nursing students during night shifts in clinical placements: a cross-sectional analysis
Nursing students on night shifts showed elevated SCL-90 scores across all dimensions. Nursing schools and hospitals should recognize this impact, develop interventions, optimize shift allocation, monitor mental wellbeing, provide enhanced preceptorship, and re-evaluate the necessity of night-shift clinical practice for competency development.
Authors
- Jiafang Xiao
- Hongmei Wang
- Taotao Zhang
- Violeta Lopez
Institutions
- Hubei University of Medicine (CN)
- Holy Angel University (PH)
- National Institute of Health Sciences (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1655437
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00