Sleep
A new mother calls the pediatric nurse to talk about her baby, who sleeps "all day long." The nurse
informs the new mother that an infant requires how many hours of sleep?
14 to 20 hours each day
For the last 3 weeks, a nurse in a long-term care facility has administered a sedative-hypnotic to a client
who complains of insomnia. The client does not seem to be responding to the drug and is now lying
awake at night. What is the most likely explanation?
Most sedative-hypnotics lose their effect after 1 or 2 two weeks of administration.
Which factor necessitates the need for more sleep in the adolescent population?
rapid growth
A nurse at the health care facility is caring for an older adult client who complains of sleeplessness.
Which condition is a manifestation of depression in an older client?
Insomnia
The nurse identifies that a client is in stage 3 sleep. What assessment finding by the nurse is indicative of
this stage?
enuresis
In Stage 4 sleep, the:
pulse rate is slow
, The nurse is caring for new parents. During her education session, the nurse instructs the parents on a
newborn's sleep patterns. Which statement is accurate about a newborn's sleep patterns?
Newborns sleep 16 to 17 hours per day.
Which guideline does the nurse apply to discussion of sleep patterns with older adult clients?
Total sleep time decreases as the clients age.
When a client tells the clinic nurse that he has irresistible sleep attacks throughout the day lasting from
10 to 15 minutes, the nurse suspects that the client may be experiencing what?
Narcolepsy
The client has been in the intensive care unit for several days. The client appears to be sleeping
throughout the night. The nurse records the data listed above. The nurse evaluates that rapid eye
movement (REM) sleep is occurring at:
0100
The client being seen in the employee wellness clinic reports difficulty sleeping for the past several
months. The most important assessment the nurse could make is:
reviewing the client's sleep diary for the past 2 weeks.
A nurse is visiting the home of a first-time mother and her newborn. The nurse is teaching the mother
about the newborn's sleep needs. The nurse would inform the mother that newborns sleep
approximately how many hours per day?
14 to 20 hours