Introduction. The sleep is regarded as the higher function of the brain which appeared relatively recently
and is evolutionally young. It has very important physiological function which is not exactly known.
Insomnia is connected with different undesirable consequences and complications. This disease is very
often caused by the lack of attention on the proper sleep hygiene.

Aim. The aim of the work was evaluation of the sleep disturbance and its influence on the day activity.

Material and methods. Searching was conducted amongst the 117 students of the first, second and
third year of the nursing faculty in Nowy Targ. The searches were undertaken with the method of the
diagnostic survey used in the authorship questionnaire and Epworth’s scale of sleepiness.

Results and conclusions. It appeared from the analysis that disturbance of sleep exists amid respondents
which worsen their comfort and psychophysical efficiency in the next day.