concentrating sleep and rest and what these two words mean. Also going to be focusing on identifying what skills nurses need to obtain this information from patients at the initial stage if assessment and also when the information is gathered‚ what actions the nurse needs to take in order to assist the person in helping with any underlying factors that may contribute to a patient not getting enough of both sleep and rest. This essay is also going to discuss what conditions that affect sleep and rest and
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Understanding Sleep Debt In Sleep Debt and the Mortgaged Mind‚ William Dement discusses how to recognize the signs of dangerous sleepiness and urges the importance of education on sleep debt. Generally people need to sleep one hour for every two hours awake‚ and we need eight hours. The brain keeps an exact account of how much sleep it is owed. The brain tries to hit this mark‚ and the further you get from this number of hours the harder the brain tries to force you to go to sleep. We use the
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What is sleep? Sleep can be described in many different ways‚ but that does not mean that all of the definitions are correct. Sleep is a periodic‚ natural loss of consciousness where eyes are closed‚ nervous system relatively inactive‚ and muscles are relaxed. One sleep cycle is approximately 90 minutes.There are 4 different stages of sleep. The first 3 stages of sleep are called Non-REM stages. Non-REM stages are the stages where there is no rapid eye movement. Then the last stage is REM sleep where
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Sleep is considered a vital part of human life. Without sleep‚ the human body is unable to function properly. By recording my sleep patterns over a 72 hour time period‚ I was able to notice patterns in my circadian rhythm‚ my sleep cycle‚ and the effects of sleep on my body. Although I did not have any interesting dreams to analyze in my sleep journal‚ I did collect some interesting data. Prior to coming to school I was the epitome of a night owl. I hated waking up early and always went to bed late
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Effects of Sleep Deprivation Darren Montgomery || 000249114 QBT 1 Task 5 WGU || Mentor: DeeDee Hessler When Thomas Edison set out to create the light bulb‚ his intention was to reduce the amount of time that people spent sleeping. His idea was that if people had light to work by they could and would work longer hours. In his mind‚ sleep was something that was not needed and stood opposed to progress (Coren‚ 1996). “Anything which tends to slow work down is a waste
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Sleep Apnea One night I sleep with my husband and I feel his heart stop and pump up again by the time. This situation made me worried about him. I find out what wrong with him that was sleep apnea disease. Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep‚ sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain -- and the rest of the body may not get enough oxygen. There
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Dr. Valentine Homeostasis and Sleep According to Krogh (2009)‚ homeostasis is the maintenence of a relatively normal internal environment. This means that the body has many systems in place to regulate what happens in our bodies to keep it functioning properly. There are very few functions that we have control over in the homeostatic processes ’ of our bodies. Sleep is one of them. Sleep is very important to the regulation of the body ’s functions. Sleep is regulated by circadian rhythms
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Assessment finding characteristics for Toddler. A 12-hour sleep interspersed with a couple of naps is all toddlers need for a day. Schedules before bedtime like a bath may also be needed. They may ask for water and other things during sleep and this interrupts the sleep. Potential problems that a nurse might face. Health related issues can occur if a toddler sleeps for more than 12 hours a day. Also an overtired toddler will be less active during the day and the time to learn everyday things will
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NAME: TOPIC: SLEEP DISORDER WITH THE ADULTS INSTITUTION: SLEEP DISORDER WITH THE ADULTS It can be described as a medical condition that adults that face. Sleep disorder can be defined as the disturbance of normal sleeping habits among adults. The disorder may involve difficulties that are associated with sleep. Most of the adults that are affected by sleep disorders may be because they have adopted a certain life style that is not the one they previously had. Difficulties that may be involved
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The Effect of Sleep Deprivation What is sleep deprivation? Sleep deprivation is when a person does not get enough sleep. It mostly happens with teenagers. But there are also some adults who do not sleep enough either. It happens because of overthinking. It happens also if a person has a health problem that prevents him from getting enough sleep or cause poor quality of sleep. Each person should sleep between seven and eight hours per night. Sleeping is one of the most important
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