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    Importance of Sleep Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the importance of sleep‚ how to get a good night’s sleep and if you don’t how to fake it. Central Purpose: I will discuss the following areas of the importance of sleep: learning and memory‚ making decisions and the long term consequences of the lack of sleep. I will discuss ways to get a good night’s sleep and steps to take if you didn’t get enough sleep. INTRODUCTION I. How many of you here got at least 8 hours of sleep last night

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    long day at work you close your eyes and doze off to sleep you sleep as normal but then you begin to wake up and you open your eyes and you are completely aware of what’s is going on but you are unable to move. you begin to become frighten and attempt to cry out for help but you are unable to say a word and as you began to lay there you start to see strange and nightmare things that feel so real‚ this scary experience is called sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon in which a person will find

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    hand with daytime exhaustion can be a sign of sleep apnea. Sleep apnea leaves one fatigued throughout the day‚ can be harmful to health‚ affect the mood and how one associate with their bed partner. What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder which interrupts breathing while a person is sleeping. People suffering from apnea are likely not to be aware of the many‚ short breathing disruptions that happen all night long‚ disturbing the normal sleep rhythm. All one is aware of is they do not feel

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    Self-study Questions – Sleep and Rest Answers to these study questions can be found in Potter & Perry‚ Kee‚ and Taber’s dictionary. 1. Briefly describe the 4 stages of Non-rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep. · Stage 1: NREM -Stage lasts a few minutes. It includes lightest level of sleep. Decreased physiological activity begins with gradual fall in vital signs and metabolism. Sensory stimuli such as noise easily arouses person. Awakened‚ person feels as though daydreaming has occurred. · Stage

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    Sleep Disorders Dr. M. Zain Yousuf MBBS‚ MCPS (Resident) SMO & In-charge In-patient Dept. A. Q. Khan Institute Sleep Disorders Classification (ICD-10):1. Nonorganic insomnia 2. Nonorganic hypersomnia 3. Nonorganic disorder of sleep-wake schedule 4. Sleepwalking [somnambulism] 5. Sleep terrors [night terrors] 6. Nightmares Nonorganic Insomnia Diagnostic guidelines:1. The complaint is either of difficulty falling asleep or maintaining sleep‚ or of poor quality of sleep; 2. The sleep disturbance

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    as a good night’s sleep‚ waking up in the morning bright and active to start the new day. There is also something very necessary about good sleep because if sleep is shortened or disrupted even for one night‚ most of us will feel tired and irritable until we have good quality sleep again. For most of the people‚ sleep at night re-fuels and services both body and mind‚ so as to be prepared for activities during the day. But for some reasons‚ there are some people experiencing sleep problems—one of which

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    explanations of functions of sleep. (24 marks) The evolutionary theories suggest sleep has evolved because it gives an animal a greater chance of survival when in a dangerous environment. They also suggest that sleep has evolved because it conserves energy and coincides with their eating habits. The evolutionary explanation (also referred to as the ecological approach) is based on the observation of animals in their natural environment. The evolutionary approach to sleep has focused on ecological

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    Medicine and pharmacologyThe book is known for its description of contagious diseases and sexually transmitted diseases‚[46] quarantine to limit the spread of infectious diseases‚ and testing of medicines. Ibn Sīnā adopted‚ from the Greeks‚ the theory that epidemics are caused by pollution in the air (miasma).[47] It classifies and describes diseases‚ and outlines their assumed causes. Hygiene‚ simple and complex medicines‚ and functions of parts of the body are also covered. The Canon agrees with Aristotle (and

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    Angelina Pietroniro Per. A Value Assessment Results When I did the assessment to find my values‚ my top results were family and health. Both are accurate but I did not expect them to be most important to me. The high score in family may mean I should get a job that provides enough money to help support my future family. I also can get a job that doesn’t travel too often or too far‚ so I can send time with my parents and siblings. I also scored high in health‚ which I did not expect. I’m not

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    state is sleep‚ it is critical to our health and daily functioning. With my roommate coming home at various hours of the night‚ my sleep is disrupted impacting my health and daily functioning. In a typical night’s sleep a person passes through five stages. These stages progress in a cycle from stage 1 to rapid eye movement‚ also known as REM. I will describe each of the five cycles and how they are critical to health and daily functioning. The first stage of sleep is a very light sleep and only

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