睡眠是人類的基本需求,睡眠品質的好壞影響著我們的日常生活、情緒、以及身心狀態。女性護理人員因為受到月經週期荷爾蒙影響,加上輪班工作,使得睡眠品質問題更趨於複雜化。本文回顧女性睡眠的相關研究結果,提出具體的改善措施,以協助女性護理人員做好睡眠衛生,發揮應有的專業技能。
Sleep is a basic human need. A good night's sleep shapes our physical and mental health. Female nurses experience particularly complex sleep disturbance problems because of after working rotating shifts, as well as because of the effects of the female reproductive hormones. Both issues present a challenge to the understanding of female nurses' sleep. This paper summarizes the existing knowledge about sleep in women, including shift workers in relation to their reproductive status, and introduces practical sleep hygiene concepts and strategies for female nurses.