International Journal of Innovative Research in Health Science

Introduction: Smart phones have become part and parcel of everyday life and this is more so among the young adults and students as it is a convenient means of communication, education and entertainment. Methodology: The study adopted a non-experimental descriptive research design, which entails a descriptive research approach. The study was carried out on 100 BSc Nursing students (first year), DGNM, and ANM at Sir Issac Newton College of Nursing, Nagapattinam. Simple random sampling was used in the selection of the participants. Results: The results indicated that most nursing students (82) were moderately addicted to smartphones with 10 and 8 percent of participants strongly and not addicted, respectively. Pearson correlation revealed a positive correlation of weak strength and not statistically significant between smartphone addiction and sleep patterns; (r = 0.052, p = 0.611). Conclusion: The research established that the addictive use of smartphones among nursing students is not uncommon, yet it did not have a significant impact on the sleep patterns of the sample group examined. The results highlight the necessity of the program of awareness about the wise use of smartphones and healthy sleeping patterns to enhance student wellbeing and academic performance.