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Fundamentals of Nursing

Check Your Understanding Questions

Fundamentals of NursingCheck Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
Describe why a patient who is awakened numerous times in the first few hours of sleep does not feel rested the following day?
2 .
A patient has been diagnosed as having narcolepsy type I. Describe at least three characteristics of this central sleep disorder.
3 .
Sleep insufficiency can result in various physiologic disorders. Name two body systems that may be adversely affected by lack of sleep, and provide an example for each.
4 .
Explain the value of including the patient’s medications and time of administration on a sleep log.
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