Summary
This chapter in Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses outlines how fatigue and sleepiness impact on the performance of nurses and consequently on patient safety. It highlights safety practices that can be implemented to counter the effects of fatigue, including restrictions on working hours, napping, use of bright lights and exercise.
The effects of fatigue and sleepiness on nurse performance and patient safety (2008)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2645/
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