Summary
Contents
Subject index
Designed for nurses and student nurses who work with this group, this book covers interventions for infants and children as clients, as well as the family as a client. Each chapter examines the theoretical and research literature support for the invention and links to appropriate nursing diagnoses and outcomes. A case study is presented to illustrate how each intervention is used in nursing practice. Implications for further research are presented with the goal of advancing nursing science by stimulating further study of nursing interventions.
Sleep Enhancement
Sleep Enhancement
Sleep is a pattern of increasing and decreasing states of arousal that allow for rest and rejuvenation of the body and mind. Disturbances in this pattern have consequences that affect the child's growth, perceived health pattern, and response to illness and also place strain on the caregiver and family (Mahon, 1995). Healthy Children 2000 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1991) recognizes that childhood is a critical time for healthy human development. To support the child through this critical period, consideration must be given to promoting appropriate sleep patterns.
Theoretical Framework and Literature Review
Physiological Basis for Sleep
Sleep is two distinct states of central nervous system activity, rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep states, that ...
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