Sleep
Sleep
Sleep is a fundamental element of life. We know that everybody needs sleep and yet people find it difficult to describe exactly what sleep is. We are all intrigued, for instance, by what happens when we fall asleep, why we dream and why our sleep patterns alter. However, despite centuries of observing sleep, the mechanisms and functions of sleep still elude us. The aim of this chapter is to enable nurses to understand more about sleep by considering what is meant by sleep, to identify factors that impact on the ability to sleep and to think about the ways in which they can assess a patient's sleeping patterns. Reading this chapter should help nurses feel more confident in providing nursing care that helps patients to overcome some of the problems associated with sleeplessness.
sleep disorders, insomnia, sleeplessness, health care professionals, nursing care, assessment of sleep, treatments for insomni
0443074577
883-898
le May, A.
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Fawcett, Josephine (Tonks) N.
2006
le May, A.
d31b0269-60f6-47cd-a844-f0bc522662ab
Fawcett, Josephine (Tonks) N.
le May, A.
(2006)
Sleep.
In,
Alexander, Margaret F., Fawcett, Josephine (Tonks) N. and Runciman, Phyllis J.
(eds.)
Nursing practice: hospital and home: the adult: 3rd edition.
Oxford, UK.
Churchill Livingstone, .
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Abstract
Sleep is a fundamental element of life. We know that everybody needs sleep and yet people find it difficult to describe exactly what sleep is. We are all intrigued, for instance, by what happens when we fall asleep, why we dream and why our sleep patterns alter. However, despite centuries of observing sleep, the mechanisms and functions of sleep still elude us. The aim of this chapter is to enable nurses to understand more about sleep by considering what is meant by sleep, to identify factors that impact on the ability to sleep and to think about the ways in which they can assess a patient's sleeping patterns. Reading this chapter should help nurses feel more confident in providing nursing care that helps patients to overcome some of the problems associated with sleeplessness.
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Published date: 2006
Keywords:
sleep disorders, insomnia, sleeplessness, health care professionals, nursing care, assessment of sleep, treatments for insomni
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ISBN: 0443074577
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Author:
A. le May
Editor:
Margaret F. Alexander
Editor:
Josephine (Tonks) N. Fawcett
Editor:
Phyllis J. Runciman
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