Sleep medicine

is managed in the morning typically goes one in two ways. Statistically speaking ninety percent of high school students are sleep deprived. It is recommended that high school students sleep eight and half to nine hours, yet there are students sacrificing their sleep time to wake up early, so they have enough time to get ready for school. The fact these students loose sleep time to get ready for school means that most often these same students fall under the category of the thirty-three percent…

has been a nurse for more than 15 years. Together, they have two sons: a 21 years old and a 16 years old. By using three open-ended questions of each of Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns, which listed as health perception and values, nutrition, sleep and rest, elimination, activity and exercise, cognitive, sensory-perception, self-perception, role relationship, sexuality, and coping, the assessment begins on this…

Conducting my interviews between a person with a disability, a retired person, a parent of a preschool aged child, an adolescent, I found that there are many differences between what they consider a meaningful activity. The occupations of these four different people are centered on what is important in their point of their life. These differences show that throughout one’s lifespan, your priorities and how you spend your life are destined to change. I first conducted an interview with a female…

Before immersing myself as a student in the world of sleep, I had always believed that I had a great sleeping pattern. In fact, all of my peers found it amusing how much I loved to sleep, to the point where they said I slept all the time. However, the way that I see it is that I am a 20 year old who goes to a tough school academically, plays a 24/7 sport of basketball for the University, works on campus, and finds time to be social. As one should realize, I am a busy man on a rigorous schedule,…

Hearing my mother’s voice waking me up at 5 o’clock in the morning during my summer vacation was not always my cup of tea. This was supposed to be my time to sleep in and enjoy not going to school. However, my mother insisted that I was not allowed to stay at the house--no matter how much I begged and pleaded. During the summer my mother had to go off to work everyday while my father would work around the farm. Every summer I spent the entirety of my time helping my father out on the farm. He…

that we know as our conscience kept on telling me not to lose hope that he was still coming back, but that hope soon faded. I started having numerous inconsolable days. During the day I kept to myself and some nights I would cry because I couldnt sleep, I was too busy thinking about him and when he was going to return or if ever planned on seeing my face again. You can say I entered into the stage of depression, my mother was there to comfort me but it didn 't really help. Before he had left I…

Self-evaluation levels of children who wet the bed aged six to fifteen, were compared to those of their peers and to those of their parents. Results showed that enuresis children compared themselves no differently to their peers, but parents of children who wet the bed reported psychosocial difficulties in their children, suggesting that more communication between children and parents is needed with an importance in discussions that promote encouragement and positive reinforcement of self-esteem…

Just Another Day Danielle Clementine was Park Avenue Suburbs go-to-babysitter. With obsolete criminal record, immaculate grades, a quirky but adorable face, and a personality to dazzle anyone under the age of 12, Danielle was the perfect candidate for the job. Parents praised her, children adored her, and other young girls looking for easy work envied her. Not only did Danielle make sure to clean up after the children she was watching, she would make a dinner, the kind that doesn’t come from…

what is the secret to falling asleep and staying asleep? Well, the real secret to sleeping soundly at night is having the right type of bedding– organic bamboo bedding. How can bamboo bedding help you sleep through the night? Specifically, bamboo bedding can help alleviate the following four common sleep problems. • First, you are uncomfortable in your own bed. • Second, you are either too hot or too cold. • Third, you keep waking up from allergies. • Forth and finally, your kids can’t stay in…

Have you ever felt like numbers or exams defined you and planned your future for you? I have, all my life I was defined by simple numbers from when I was a baby to now that I am an adult whether it was my GPA or my score on a test or the score they give a new born baby on how fast they cry or react to a stimulate. For once in my life I would want something else to define me rather than just a couple of numbers. As little kids barely entering school we are encourage to do our best. We are…