Power Nap, a Booster?

Figure 1: Power Nap (Return2Health, 2019)

Commitments, which most people are bound by today, whether it may be personal, social, financial, or work, but still there should be fulfilled. But most of them will not be achieved all equally, and 10 out of 09 missed one will be taking care of our own mental and physical health.

Health,

“Sleep plays an integral role in health. A good night’s sleep empowers the body to recover and lets you wake up refreshed and ready to take on the day” (Suni, 2021), According to  Sleep Foundation (2021),  For healthy adult, 07 to 09 hours of sleep per night is needed to which powers the mind, restores the body, and fortifies virtually every system in the body.

Coffee,

Other than taking coffee or refreshment to boost yourself more, tend to have a nap. Power naps can fill in the gaps of insufficient sleep from last night (Return2Health, 2019), but are not an alternative to sleeping at night.

Time,

Power nap should not exceed 30 minutes in any means.The best time for a power nap is between 1pm and 3pm (Holmes Place, 2021) you can get incredible benefits from 15 to 20 minutes of napping (Mednick & Ehrman, 2016)

Figure 2:Sleeping at Work (source: (Loveland, 2018)

Table 1: Benifits of Power Nap

According to Return2Health(2020),	According To (Scott, 2020)	According to  (Deardorff, 2016)
Naps help boost memory and enhance creativity	More patience, less stress	Improved concentration and alertness
Can sharpen your memory and retain significant dates, data, and events better if you take a power nap.	Improve cognitive functioning	Better memory recall
Improve alertness, performance, and increase your ability to learn.	More efficiency	Will reduce stress levels

Employee performance can be measure from quality, efficiency and quantity and less stress on employees means their performance will be high and less mistakes by them (Cachia & Whitfield, 2017).

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References

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Deardorff, W., 2016. How to Power Nap at Work. [Online] Available at: https://www.spine-health.com/blog/how-power-nap-work#:~:text=The%20goal%20of%20a%20power,Better%20memory%20recall [Accessed 10 December 2021].

Holmes Place, 2021. THE POWER OF POWER-NAPPING & HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY. [Online] Available at: https://www.holmesplace.com/en/en/blog/lifestyle/the-power-of-power-napping-how-to-do-it-properly [Accessed 10 December 2021].

Loveland, E., 2018. Employees in These Industries Admit to Sleeping at Work. [Online] Available at: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/employee-relations/pages/who-sleeps-at-work-industry-breakdown.aspx [Accessed 2021 December 2021].

Mednick , S. & Ehrman, M., 2016. Take a Nap! Change Your Life.: The Scientific Plan to Make You Smarter, Healthier, More Productive. 1 ed. s.l.:Workman Publishing.

Return2Health, 2019. Power Naps – Their Wonders and Benefits. [Online] Available at: https://return2health.com.au/articles/power-naps-their-wonders-and-benefits [Accessed 10 December 2021].

Return2Health, 2019. Power Naps – Their Wonders and Benefits. [Online] Available at: https://return2health.com.au/articles/power-naps-their-wonders-and-benefits [Accessed 10 December 2021].

Scott, E., 2020. The Overwhelming Benefits of Power Napping. [Online] Available at: https://www.verywellmind.com/power-napping-health-benefits-and-tips-stress-3144702#:~:text=And%20research%20shows%20that%20you,more%20efficiency%2C%20and%20better%20health. [Accessed 2021 Decemeber 2021].

Sleep Foundation, 2021. How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?. [Online] Available at: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need [Accessed 2021 December 2021].

Suni, E., 2021. Sleep Statistics. [Online] Available at: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/sleep-facts-statistics#:~:text=Almost%20half%20of%20all%20Americans,hours%20of%20sleep%20per%20night. [Accessed 10 December 2021].