Polyphasic sleep

Faced against the alarm clock, people generally have two choices: to get up or to hit the snooze and go back to sleep. Adolescents often fall into the trap of just smacking the snooze button and catching a few more Z’s. Many other difficult decisions are present in teens’ days; descisions of whether to do their homework or not and whether to go to class or not are just a few teens may face. All these factors can accumulate on an adolescent and add stress to their lives. Teen stress is caused by…

According to an article presented by the National Sleep Foundation, “How much sleep do we really need?” adults between the ages 18 to 64 are recommended 7 to 9 hours of quality sleep. Unfortunately, 1/3 of Americans are sleeping less than 7 hours on a nightly basis. This continuation of sleep debt is taking its toll on our nation and has gradually become the the top ranked public health crisis, bypassing smoking and obesity. By understanding the role sleep plays in our ability to function at…

nurses were so kind and caring. It was a whirlwind before my surgery, and he next thing I know it is time to go into surgery. I just remember medicine going into my IV and the next thing I know I am waking up with a dried throat. I was in and out of sleep for an hour and they gave me and my mom post op care and we were on our way home. I was in pain after surgery, but after three days the pain was manageable. A week later after surgery I went to see the doctor and my three incisions were healing…

Friday October 7, 2016 Preceptor: Tiffany Sheppard Location: 2 North unity Level Objective/Core value: #6 Synthesize Holism Definition: According to the UACCB level 4 grading tool (2016) p. 2; Holism: Initiate, evaluate, and update plan of care used to guide patient care. Utilize advocacy resources appropriately in meeting the comprehensive needs of patients. Manage/provide care that considers the patient/family/community as an integrated system. Manage/provide care for patients with acute,…

ones actions in the dreams. The iBand will provide the ability to make one be aware of what you are actually dreaming of. As the creator of the kickstarter for the iBand says that “dreams occur when you are in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) phase of your sleep. During REM phase, the body is largely disconnected from the brain, effectively leaving the muscles incapable of movement…iBand+ accurately senses this dream phase by monitoring variations i your brain waves and body vitals.” After the iBand is…

format for family assessment using a systems approach with emphasis on developmental stages and risk factors (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014). In this family’s interview, I completed nursing assessment by using values/ health perception, nutrition, sleep/rest, elimination, activity/exercise, cognitive, sensory-perception, self-perception, role relationship, sexuality, coping patterns to assess the Sobolew’s family. Health perception and values are focus on family’s perception of health, health…

early for my taste, after a long night shift at my job, and then forced myself to eat breakfast and then went to class. After class I had then sat in a coffee shop doing my homework until it was time for my dance lesson. The desperate screams for sleep and muscle rejuvenation were permeating through my mind, but I ignored them. I had…

It all began at 4am Monday morning after the blaring alarm that woke me up from a bad night’s rest. Despite fighting the sleep, I knew I had to be up for this day as it wasn’t just a regular school day to me. It was my first day of high school in a new city and all I could think on while leaning against the wall dressed in my uniform (khaki and tie) was the fact that “today is the day I’m going to school in a city I’ve only visited once when I was a kid. Anxiety, fear and curiosity all together…

Ann Hui claims that her film The Way We Are is realistic, suggesting it relies on the accurate representation of the working-class life in Hong Kong. Thus, the use of everyday objects in the film has particular significance, since it is these objects within the house interior that create a believable presentation of life in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong. In the first shots of the film, we can see a teenage boy sleeping in his bed. The first detail that is noticed is the bedding: pink sheets and a…

I. Introduction No one in the world have no dream at all throughout their life, even babies or blind people can dream. People might have pleasant dreams or nightmares sometimes in their lives. And because dreams actually do “affect daytime mood in positive or negative way” (Schredl, 2009, p56), people try to interprete dreams to understand the meaning hidden in each dream. From ancient until modern, there are enormous ways people make up to interprete dreams bases on their experiences, believes…