Sleep disorders

pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies for sleep problems clearly identifies relationships between the use, its accomplishments and efficiency of strategies. For many experienced nurses sleep research is often difficult to understanding what borders or strengths are within a study. Insomnia is described as “difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or short sleep duration despite having acceptable opportunities of sleep”. (NCSDR, 2003) Insomnia is a disorder that causes considerable…

The concept that caught my attention was the “Sleep and Dreams” in Module 9 because it includes a series of sleeping disorders that I experience occasionally. Sleep is an important element that helps people conserve energy, improve their memory, feel better, and stay healthy. However, there are many different sleeping disorders that prevents people from receiving the numerous beneficial that sleep provides. One of the major sleeping disorders that many people are suffering from is insomnia, a…

meaning of words without having to think twice about it. Consciousness is responsible for is sleep. Sleep is an altered state of consciousness where the awareness of the outside world is turned off (Gazzaniga, Heatherton, & Halpern). After tracking my sleep for seven consecutive days, I noticed and experienced things that have never happened to me before. Through last year I also have learned how important sleep truly is and how it can affect your entire life. I first noticed…

This model is ascribed to former US President Eisenhower and was further developed by Steven Covey, the writer of the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It includes two axes: importance axis and urgency axis. You have got four quadrants total that each suggests the right attitude to the task. Now, let me explain and exemplify each one of the 4 quadrants on how it relates to your life. Quadrant 4: Not Important and Not Urgent Those missions and activities are neither important nor urgent.…

I live constantly on edge, an explosive always ready to blow, rarely comfortable in any situation, except the little bridge world of my Den. My wanderlust heart might hate being confined, but swaddled down the little gap between the wall and couch on the livingroom floor isn’t constraining, it’s safe. Barely enough room to curl up, dark under the blanket roof, and messy from weeks spent sleeping and working there, it looks more like a second-grader’s pillow fort than a teenager’s refuge from a…

DEFINATION OF PLANTAR FASCITIIS Plantar fasciitis is a very common cause of heel pain. The plantar fascia is a flat band of ligament that connects heel bone to the toes and supports the arches of the foot. If the plantar fascia is strained, it gets swollen, weak and inflamed as a result the bottom of the heel or foot hurts as we attempt to stand or walk. Plantar fasciitis usually occur in middle-aged people or younger individuals who require lots of standing such as soldiers and athletes. It…

Self-Care Paper: Insufficient Sleep The nursing profession is an integral component of the healthcare industry. Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health; it is the prevention of illness and injury, and facilitation of healing and alleviation of suffering (American Nursing Association, 2016). Nurses are a vital element to humanity’s health, but with this significance yields a complex and challenging profession. Nurses are subjected to a particularly high risk of…

per week. Regular medications include Zoloft, amlodipine and Idaprex. Concerning his sleep, Michael typically retires to bed a 10.30pm with short sleep onset latency. There is a history of impressively load snoring to the point that his wife now sleeps in a separate room. He reports no witnessed apnoeas or nocturnal choking/gasping episodes. His sleep is fragmented often due to noturia, but there is no sleep maintenance insomnia. When he arises from bed at 6.10am, he consistently feels…

The Walking Dead, demonstrates how important sleep truly is. Maria says “Fifty to seventy million Americans have chronic sleep disorders.”(Pg. 1) Many sleep scientists, from the Harvard Medical School Media Fellowship, have come to the conclusion that the lack of sleep can affect a person greatly. If you do not get enough sleep, your sleep inertia can stay for as long as the whole day. Judith Owens, the director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Boston Children’s Hospital, studied…

Insomnia and Depressions Effects on Adolescent Academic Performance Various research has been done to test whether lack of sleep is correlated with depression. Some research looks at depression as an outcome of insomnia, while other research focuses on how insomnia is a sign of depression. Research has proven that depression can lead to insomnia, but the opposite can also be true. Long-lasting insomnia can also lead to depression. The term depression is generally described as a feeling of…