The nurse is admitting a 36-year-old woman to the unit. The woman reports that recently she has begun having significant trouble sleeping and consequently does not feel rested
She cannot identify any reason for this sleep disturbance but knows that it is causing her significant distress. The nurse suspects the patient is suffering from which form of insomnia?
A) Primary insomnia
B) Psychophysiological insomnia
C) Idiopathic insomnia
D) Endogenous insomnia
Ans: A
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Primary insomnia occurs when no cause of a sleep disturbance (eg, a mental health or medical diagnosis) can be identified. Primary insomnia often begins in young or middle-aged adults and tends to be more common in women. Clients with idiopathic insomnia have difficulty sleeping since childhood, and the cause is unknown. Psychophysiological insomnia is chronic insomnia in which clients worry about sleep, are cognitively and physiologically overaroused at bedtime, and have poor daytime functioning.Chapter: 22
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