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    Sleep Essay: Why Sleep?

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    Why Sleep? Like food, sleep is a biological need. Many people do not try to go without food for a day, but often, people skimp out on sleep which leads to many problems. Today, many people are not getting enough of sleep because they are trying to balance school, extracurriculars, and maintain healthy relationships. Teens need an average of eight to nine hours of sleep while adults need seven to eight hours to function normally. Without a sufficient amount of sleep, a person can suffer from…

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    The state of sleep occurs in a pattern in which the brain and body are able to recuperate to function normally the following day, this forms a physiological program (Porkka-Heiskanen et al., 2013). It is conducted by circadian rhythm, duration, and intensity of brain activity throughout the day (Porkka-Heiskanen et al., 2013). If an individual’s body does not perform this physiological program it results in tiredness or feeling drowsy (Porkka-Heiskanen et al., 2013). Without sleep, performance,…

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    Introduction Sleep is a state of leisure accompanied of altered level of recognition and relative state of being inactive, and belief to environment is diminished. And sleep is important on account that it's the Key to our well-being, performance, security and fine of lifestyles, as critical because the water we drink, the air we breathe and the food we eat to operate and reside at our fine and as essential aspect as just right nutrition and pastime to choicest wellness (Owens JA. 2003). .…

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    to eighteen hours of sleep thought out each day. Sleep greatly impacts their cognitive development, because while babies are sleeping, their brains continue to process things around them (Fifer et al., 2010). Newborns have two stages of sleep. The first stage is known as NREM (non-rapid eye-movement). This stage typically means a light sleep. Heart rates and body temperatures decrease as well. In contrast, REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is the final stage of the sleep cycle. This is the…

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    getting sleep do it can. Sleep is an important factor for our body to function properly. As a nurse, it is important to educate your patient on the importance of quality sleep. Some point that should be included when educating a patient and caregiver on varying sleep patterns across lifespan includes physiology of sleep and the sleep cycle, differences in sleep patterns from infancy to older adulthood and factors that affect sleep. In this paper I will break down the physiology of sleep and the…

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    Sleep, is an important function that effects everyone. Without an adequate amount of sleep, one would be at risk for not only diseases, but also effects one executive functions. While this might be easy to say, some may not be able to sleep because of a disease such as Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) which apparently effects forty different families worldwide (Fatal Familial Insomnia 1:40-1:52). Before one would know more about a disease like that, the first thing to know is what is sleep,…

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    Non Rem Sleep Stages

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    We have different stages we go through when we sleep, and these cycles usually occur every 90-120 minutes. REM, which is rapid eye movement, is a state where you are in the deepest sleep. REM increases as more sleep cycle happen throughout the night. Dreaming happens when you in the REM state. Whereas non-rem sleep stages is where you are building up to the deep sleep REM stage to dream. During the REM stage, the brain is active and this is why intense dreaming happens. During this stage is also…

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    Sleep Deprivation Theory

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    Sleep is very important to our health and daily functioning. Theories, such as the consolidation theory and the restorative theory, suggest that sleep plays a role in restoring memories, improving the immune system and promoting insight, problem solving and neural development. Disrupting the five stages of the sleep cycle can result in sleep deprivation causing damage to our overall physical and mental health. A typical night’s sleep cycle consists of five different stages. The first four…

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    Rem Sleep Research Paper

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    Sleep: An Overnight Coma Did you know you spend about one-third of your life sleeping (Kastner 4)? You probably spend more time sleeping than you do any other activity. That is why I find it essential to get a good night’s sleep to make that third of my life a little more satisfying. Hours and hours of research on facts that have been backed up by several reliable sources prove my work to be dependable. In order to get a good night’s sleep, it is important to understand the stages of sleep, how…

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    Too Much Sleep Research

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    really think of sleep as a “problem”, but sleep itself is more complicated then most would think. Every night we lay down for bed unaware of what’s going on in our brain and how it is affecting our bodies. Of course sleep is essential, but if you are not receiving the right amount it can cause a variety of problems. We know too little sleep isn’t good, but did you know that too much is worse than not enough? When your head hits the pillow and you finally fall asleep, a ninety minute sleep cycle…

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