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My son is older and he naps on a little cot in full light. They don't dim the room at all. He also sleeps with his shoes on.

I was kind of shocked when I saw it, because I was a lunatic about making the room dark and keeping it quiet, white noise, etc, etc.

LO goes to a home care and there are several bedrooms designated as sleeping areas. A small amount of light peeks through even though the curtains are drawn, quiet, toddlers nap on a cot with blankets tucked around them. It works well!

R is still in the infant room, so the rooms in the same room but they are all off to the side. The lights are still on but dimmer. We have brought in a sound machine that they can put under her crib. Right now she is on a crib nap strike and will only nap in the swing, and it has to be one swing. But they still try and get her in the crib like she was doing.

In the infant room, they nap in daylight, with noise going on. Sometimes she would wake up because a kid would start screaming right by her crib. She never napped well in the infant room. Once she moved to the ones room, they all nap at the same time and now she takes 2 hour naps every day in the dark, quiet room on a mat!

@daniellemybelle: It depends on the age of the child and what room they are in. In the toddler room there is one naptime and the lights are dimmed and they play sleepy lullabies.
In the infant room, they do not dim the lights because the babies all have different nap schedules, they do put babies in swings or boppies or in their crib depending on the request of the parent but they dont really have a set quiet time in the infant room

In the infant room all the kids are on thier own schedule. Each crib has its own "cubby" in the main room with separate light controls. Some parents provide white noise machines. Our LO seems to nap fine there. We started her napping in areas with light and noise from the beginning though. Dark and quiet was reserved for night time sleep.