Sleep; patient; nurses; qualitative study

Sleep is a basic human need. Although the need for sleep is increased in diseases, many hospitalized patients report a reduced quality of sleep. The experience of sleep patients is a starting point for how sleep disorders should be managed. Therefore, it is necessary to identify, focus on and describe the needs and experiences of patients. Supporting patients' sleep during hospitalization is an important nursing intervention that is not routinely extended. Therefore, it is important to investigate and understand this phenomenon, while at the same time finding out how nurses perceive the need for sleep in hospitalized patients when providing care.