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24 Cards in this Set
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Rest
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a state of relaxation and calmness, both mental and physical
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Sleep
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a state of altered consciousness during which and individual experiences fluctuations in LOC, minimal physical activity, and general slowing of the body's physiologic processes.
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NREM sleep
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(Non-rapid eye movement) heart rate and respiratory rate slow slightly and remain regular. Stages 1-4
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REM sleep
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(Rapid eye movement)heart rate and respiratory rate are irregular and often higher than when awake.
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Sleep cycle
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Occurs 4-6 times per night. Each cycle lasts 70-90 min. NREM-1,2,3,4,3,2,Rem
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Carcadian rhythms
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rhythms that cycle on a daily basis
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Ultradian rhythms
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last much shorter than a day, such as the millisecends it takes for a neuron to fire.
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Infradian rhythms
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lasting a month or more, such as the monthly menstrual cycle.
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Circannual rhythms
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those requiring approximately 1 year to complete.
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Factors affecting sleep-
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Degree of comfort, anxiety, environment, lifestyle, diet, drugs and other substances, age and aging, and physical factors.
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insomnia
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difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
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Hypersomnia
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an alteration in sleep pattern characterized by excessive sleep.
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Narcolepsy
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a sleep alteration that manifests as sudden, uncontrollable urges to fall asleep during daytime.
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Sleep apnea/Snoring
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characterized by breating pauses of 30-60 seconds during sleep, interspersed between loud snoring eisodes.
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Sleep Deprivation
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used to describe prolonged inadequate quality and quantity of sleep, either of the REM or NREM type.
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Parasomnia
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condition wherin a person suffers profoundly disturbed sleep due to behavioral or physiological events.
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Somnambulism
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sleepwalking not remembered the next morning
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REM movement disorder
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when the paralysis that normally occurs durning REM sleep is absent or incomplete and the sleeper acts out the dream that is occuring.
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Restless leg syndrome(RLS)
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characterized by the uncomfortable sensations of tingling or crawling in the muscles
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cataplexy
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a sudden loss of muscle control
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Questions to ask client about sleep patterns
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Nature of sleep, Quality of sleep, Sleep enviroment, Associated factors, and Opinion of sleep.
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Questions regarding altered sleep patterns
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Nature of problem, Quality of problem, Enviromental factors, Associated factors, Alleviating factors, and effect of problem.
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Disterbed sleep pattern
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time limited disruption of sleep amount and quality.
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Enuresis
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Bed wetting
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