Sleep Management in Nursing Practice
An Evidence-Based Guide
By- Kevin Morgan, Bsc, PhD, Director, Centre for Ageing and Rehabilitation Studies, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK
- S. Jose Closs, Bsc, PhD, Mphil, RGN, Director of Research, Division of Nursing, School of Healthcare Studies, University of Leeds, UK
SLEEP MANAGEMENT IN NURSING PRACTICE covers a relatively new area of medicine. This text provides a comprehensive, research-based analysis of sleep and the problems associated with it (pathological and environmental), and discussion of nursing management of these problems. Each of the chapters is preceded by 3-5 intended learning outcomes, to encourage study. The authors are well-known researchers and authors on the subject.
Paperback, 232 Pages
Published: July 1999
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-443-05701-4
Contents
- Introductory Quiz · Why Nurses Should Know About Sleep · Understanding How Sleep Works · Causes of Disturbed Sleep · Promoting Patients' Sleep in Hospital · Promoting Patients' Sleep in the Community · Non-Pharmacological Methods of Promoting Sleep · Hypnotic and Other Drugs Affecting Sleep · Sleep, Age, and Gender · Sleep Management
