Review of Lecture Material for Test 4
1. State nursing interventions to enhance adequate sleep patterns for patients.
• Teach relaxation techniques
• Encourage adequate sleep
• Promote relaxation
• Sleep friendly environment: dark, cool, quiet
• Avoiding naps, stimulating activities after 5 PM.
• Restricting caffeine, nicotine and alcohol
• Light meals before bedtime
• Restrict sleep times
• Teach to avoid alcohol and caffeine
• Avoid night work or late social activities
• Promote safety (avoid driving)
• Teach to avoid alcohol, tobacco, and sleeping medications
• Encourage weight loss
• Offer massages
• Increase activity
• Eliminate caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol
• Heat/Cold therapy
• Promote relaxation
Nursing Interventions
• Promoting Sleep/Rest in the environment
• Quiet/dark room
• Diminish noise
• Desired room temperature
• Sleep Promoting Activities
• Reading, TV, puzzles, music, hygiene
• Offer bathroom/ADL assistance before bed time
• Snacks
• Food and Drink
, • Teach avoid alcohol
• Avoid drinking excess fluids before bedtime
• Avoid caffeine late in the day
• Snacks-Minimize protein intake; moderate carbohydrate intake
• Relaxation Techniques
• Distraction
• Stress relief
• Backrub, warm bath
• Comfort
• Pain relief
• Repositioning, elevating legs
• Position bed in comfortable resting position
• egg crate mattress
• Maintain sleep-wake patterns
• Avoid multiple interruptions at night-prioritize based on patient needs.
• Avoid exercising 2 hours before bed time.
• Only give sleep aides PRN
2. Discuss the stages of sleep and the signs for each stage.
1. State nursing interventions to enhance adequate sleep patterns for patients.
• Teach relaxation techniques
• Encourage adequate sleep
• Promote relaxation
• Sleep friendly environment: dark, cool, quiet
• Avoiding naps, stimulating activities after 5 PM.
• Restricting caffeine, nicotine and alcohol
• Light meals before bedtime
• Restrict sleep times
• Teach to avoid alcohol and caffeine
• Avoid night work or late social activities
• Promote safety (avoid driving)
• Teach to avoid alcohol, tobacco, and sleeping medications
• Encourage weight loss
• Offer massages
• Increase activity
• Eliminate caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol
• Heat/Cold therapy
• Promote relaxation
Nursing Interventions
• Promoting Sleep/Rest in the environment
• Quiet/dark room
• Diminish noise
• Desired room temperature
• Sleep Promoting Activities
• Reading, TV, puzzles, music, hygiene
• Offer bathroom/ADL assistance before bed time
• Snacks
• Food and Drink
, • Teach avoid alcohol
• Avoid drinking excess fluids before bedtime
• Avoid caffeine late in the day
• Snacks-Minimize protein intake; moderate carbohydrate intake
• Relaxation Techniques
• Distraction
• Stress relief
• Backrub, warm bath
• Comfort
• Pain relief
• Repositioning, elevating legs
• Position bed in comfortable resting position
• egg crate mattress
• Maintain sleep-wake patterns
• Avoid multiple interruptions at night-prioritize based on patient needs.
• Avoid exercising 2 hours before bed time.
• Only give sleep aides PRN
2. Discuss the stages of sleep and the signs for each stage.
