Is 8 hours of sleep unrealistic?

[Brian]

We know that sleep is important. The standard of eight hours per night is universal. But is it unrealistic? How do you cope with lack of rest?

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[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

How do I cope?

One word:

COFFEE

YES this a million times YES!

It was funny because I remember one of the conversations with classmates was that we felt guilty when we would go to bed early to get a proper amount of time to sleep. The thinking was, if we were able to go to bed early, perhaps we were not studying enough. My partner has rotating shifts, however, so getting normal 8 hours usually isn't possible and it's only tough when shift change comes (it's coming soon and it's nights so I'm going to be a zombie for 6 mos...yay....). Caffeine is key to making it through.

[lilredrunner]

I actually make time to get sleep, which was something I REALLY neglected at the beginning of nursing school to my detriment. Now, with one semester left, I make sure to get at least 7 hours, even if that means I don't study as much one night, or I don't do the reading before class. I found I learned better when was rested, I performed better when was rested, so it was almost a waste of my time to go to clinical or lecture on so little sleep, since I couldn't maximize my time spent there.

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

I actually make time to get sleep which was something I REALLY neglected at the beginning of nursing school to my detriment. Now, with one semester left, I make sure to get at least 7 hours, even if that means I don't study as much one night, or I don't do the reading before class. I found I learned better when was rested, I performed better when was rested, so it was almost a waste of my time to go to clinical or lecture on so little sleep, since I couldn't maximize my time spent there.[/quote']

Yes! This. Sleep deprivation is detrimental to learning. Two semesters in and I'm doing better than many of my classmates despite studying less.