Night work nursing: The level of attention

The aim of this study was to measure night shift nurses attention rate. 60 nursing personnel of Damghan Hospitals were randomly selected. Between 4-5 a.m at the work location of nurses, the level of attention was measured by the Bonardel Test. The test was repeated for 3 times at one-month intervals. The results showed that the mean attention rate of nurses at first time was 0.23, at the second time 0.30 and at the thired time 0.30. There were no significant association between the attention range and either gender or educational level of respondents. The mean attention rate in night work nursing personnel is poor. There is need to increase attention rate in night work nursing personnel.