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Fighting Fatigue With Caffeine: Exploring Perceptions On Patient Safety, Camille Quitangon
Fighting Fatigue With Caffeine: Exploring Perceptions On Patient Safety, Camille Quitangon
Honors Theses
Objective: To examine the association between fatigue and caffeine consumption, and explore nurses’ perceptions of the impact of these factors on patient safety.
Background: Many people consume caffeine for its benefits, such as stimulating the central nervous system to feel more awake. Health professionals, such as nurses, commonly experience fatigue and often will drink coffee to get through their long shifts.
Methods: A comprehensive literature review was conducted. Studies were split into two categories – fatigue and patient safety or caffeine's effect on human performance.
Results: Fatigue causes nurses to be impaired; it affects their ability to be alert, vigilant, …