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sleep is necessary in order to?
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cope with daily stress, prevent fatigue, conserve energy, restore mind and body, enjoy life more fully, heal damaged tissue, vital for functioning
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why do you need sleep?
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chronic sleep loss can lead to what?
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obesity, depression, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart attack, stroke
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physiology of sleep?
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recticular activating system (RAS) and the bulbar synchronize region work together to control the cycles of sleep.
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when does wakefulness occur?
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when RAS is activated with stimuli from the cerebral cortex and the peripheral sensory organs
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what is the hypothalamus?
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has control centers for sleeping and waking, injury to it may cause a person to sleep abnormally long
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it's apart of the brain
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what is GABA?
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid appears to be necessary for inhibition
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A circadian rhythm?
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rhythmic biological clock that completes full cycle every 24 hours
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what are the two types of circadian rhythms?
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synchronization and desynchronization
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circadian synchronization?
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when a person sleep wake cycle follow inner biological clock
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an alarm clock in your head
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circadian desynchronization?
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occurs when wake patterns are frequently altered
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what is the regulating mechanism?
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persons inner biological clock
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high vs. low activity patterns
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high: most active and awake
low: when asleep |
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two types of sleep?
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NREM AND REM
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what is NREM and it's stages?
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non rapid eye movement
75% of total sleep stage I (5%): light stage II (50%): light stage III (10%): deep (delta) stagr IV (10%): deep, threshold is greatest |
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what does REM sleep do?
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consumes 20-25% of total sleep, more difficult to arouse, HR, RR, BP, temp, and metabolic rate increase, essential for mental and emotional equilibrium, role In learning, memory, and adaptation
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what is REM rebound?
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allows total amount of REM sleep to remain constant
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the sleep cycle?
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4-5 cycles of sleep each night, each lasts 90-100 minutes, alternates between REM and NREM during these cycles, become longer as morning approaches
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how many hours should birth to infants sleep?
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14 to 16 hours with 2-3 naps
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toddlers?
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12 hours with less naps
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adolescent?
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9-10 hours
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young and middle aged adults?
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7-9 hours
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older adults?
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6-8.5 with daytime naps accounting for some of those hours
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nursing implications of newborn and infants
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teach parents to position infants on back, encourage ro have baby sleep in seperate area, caution about pillows, quilts, stuffed animals, may pose suffocation risk
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what should parents do?
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toddlers and preschooler?
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toddlers: establish regular bedtime routine and sleeping pattern
preschooler: continue bedtime routine, waking from nightmares is common |
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school age?
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relaxed bedtime is essential, concept of awareness of death possibly occurs at this age, sleep needs increase when physical growth peaks
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adolescent?
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most don't get enough sleep, stress of school ane activities, employment may decrease sleep
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young adults
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average about 20% rem sleep, lifestyle demands may interfere with sleep, reinforce good habits has positive effect on health, sleep medication decrease rem sleep and are habit forming
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middle age adults
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total sleep time decreases with a decrease in stage IV sleep
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how is sleep like in older adults?
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sound with less or absent stage 4, need more time to fall asleep, rem is shorter, may nap during day which results in fewer sleep at night, illness affects sleep patterns, use sedatives with caution
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what are factors that affect sleep? |
motivation, culture, lifestyle and habits, physical activity and excersize, dietary habit, environment factors, psychological factors, illness, medications
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what is a good dietary habit to have before bed?
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small protein and carb snack is recommended to promote sleep
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alcohol is bad
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what are drugs that reduce sleep?
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barbiturates, acetaminophen, antidepressants, steroids, decongestive, caffeine, asthma meds
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stimulates
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illnesses associated with sleep disturbances?
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peptic ulcers, coronary artery disease, epilepsy, liver failure, hypothyroidism
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common sleep disorders?
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dyssomnias and parasomnias
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what is dyssomnia?
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insomnia or excessive sleepiness
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word parts
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what is parasomnias?
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patterns of waking behavior that appear during sleep
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types of dyssomnias?
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insomnia, hypersomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, RLS, sleep deprivation
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insomnia?
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difficult falling asleep or staying asleep
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if you're in nursing school, you have this or will eventually
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hypersomnia?
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excessive sleep
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word parts! !!!!
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narcolepsy?
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uncontrolled desire to sleep
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this is the funny one like fainting goats
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sleep apnea?
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absence of breathing during sleep
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word part!
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rls?
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restless leg syndrome, can't lie still, tingling in legs
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sleep deprivation?
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decrease in amount, consistency, or quality of sleep
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why is insomnia important?
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most common sleep disorder, ppl over age 60 and women after menopause and ppl with history of depression will most likely have it, they report feeling tired, lethargic, irritable
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acute vs. chronic insomnia
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acute: <4 weeks
chronic: > 4-6 weeks |
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what are health conditions associated with insomnia?
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type II diabetes, psychiatric and cardiovascular disorders
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what is OSA?
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obstructive sleep apnea, occurs when structures of pharynx or oral cavity back flow of air
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what are the two other sleep apnea?
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central and mixed
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central sleep apnea does what?
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defect in the respiratory center jn the brain that fails to trigger breathing during sleep
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what does mixed apnea do?
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combo of central and obstructive
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types of graphs for the brain?
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electroencephalograph (EEG), electrooculogram (EOG), electromyograph (EMG)
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EEG?
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recieves and records electrical current from brain
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EOG?
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records eye movement
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EMG
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records muscle tone
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example of parasomnias
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somnabulism (sleepwalking), night terrors (screaming upon awakening due to perceived threat), bruxism (grinding of teeth), enuresis (urinating during sleep)
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you can chip your teeth
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what does the focused interview consist of in the nursing process for sleep?
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sleep diary, physical assessment, snoring, nature of sleep disturbance, onset, causes, severity, symptoms, intervention attempted and results
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what does the sleep diary consist of?
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record of time went (or tried) to sleep, record of food, drink, medication affecting sleep, record of physical and mental activities, record of activities preformed 2-3 hrs before bedtime, presence of worries or anxieties affecting sleep
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nursing interventions?
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prepare a restful environment, promote bedtime rituals, offer appropriate bedtime snacks, promote comfort, respect normal sleep patterns, schedule nurse care to avoid unnecessary disturbances, use medications to produce sleep, teach about rest and sleep
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what is sleep hygiene? |
nonpharmacologic recommendation that help ppl get better night sleep
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what should you do for sleep hygiene? |
restrict intake of caffeine, nicotine, ETOH, avoid activities after 5, avoid naps, eat light meal before bed, sleep in cool, dark room, eliminate bedroom clock, take warm bath, keep sleep environment quiet, may start sleep diary, avoid naps and early bedtime
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example of sedative hypnotic medications used for insomnia? |
lorazepam (ativan), temazepam (restoril), zolpidem (ambien), eszopidone (lunesta)
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butterfly!
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