A client with a sleep disorder experiences cataplexy. Which is a feature of this condition?
A) Irresistible urge to sleep, regardless of the type of activity in which the client is engaged
B) Sudden loss of motor tone that may cause the person to fall asleep; usually experienced during a period of strong emotion
C) Nightmare or vivid hallucinations experienced during sleep time
D) Skeletal paralysis that occurs during the transition from wakefulness to sleep
Ans: B
Cataplexy is the sudden loss of motor tone that may cause the person to fall asleep; this is usually experienced during a period of strong emotion. Sleep attacks are irresistible urges to sleep, regardless of the type of activity in which the client is engaged. Hypnagogic hallucinations involve nightmares or vivid hallucinations. In sleep-onset REM periods, during a sleep attack, the person moves directly into REM sleep. Sleep paralysis is skeletal paralysis that occurs during the transition from wakefulness to sleep.
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