Napping on the night shift: A two-hospital implementation project

Milestone One Worksheet
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Article: Brown, J. G., Sagherian, K., Zhu, S., Wieroniey, M., Blair, L., Warren, J., ... & Szeles, R. (2016). Napping on the night shift: a two-hospital implementation project. The American journal of nursing, 116(5), 26.
List the title and author of the article you chose.

Title: Napping on the Night Shift: A Two-Hospital Implementation Project
Authors: Jeanne Geiger-Brown, Knar Sagherian, Shijun Zhu, Margaret Ann Wieroniey, Lori Blair, Joan Warren, Pamela S. Hinds and Rose Szeles

Describe the purpose of the study.

The study aimed at assessing the barriers to a successful implementation of night-shift naps and describing the nap experiences of night-shift nurses who took naps

What is the research question in the study?

1 Does overcoming the barriers to napping lead to a successful implementation of night-shift naps?
2 What are the nap experiences of night shift nurses who take naps?

What is the hypothesis of the study?

1 Overcoming the barriers to napping leads to a successful implementation of night-shift naps
2 Napping reduces nurses' workplace sleepiness and drowsy driving on the way home.

Research Methods: In this section of your analysis, you will take a deep dive into the research methods used by the authors of the study you chose to analyze. It is important that you are able to identify, describe, and discuss the data collection and data analysis methodology used by the researchers.
Important: Once you receive instructor feedback on this table, you will use it to inform the writing of the Research Methods section in paragraph form for the submission of your final project in Module Seven.
Research Methods Table
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Identify whether the study design is experimental or observational. Support your identification with examples from the study.

The study design is Observational

The napping behavior of the nurses was observed and recorded between February 2012 and May 2013 without the investigator intervening

Identify the methods used to collect the data and explain why the methods are appropri...