As the rehabilitation nurse, you are planning a teaching activity for clients in a community-based treatment program. Health promotion regarding healthy sleep activities would include teaching the clients to do which of the following?
A) Turn on a TV or radio to lull themselves to sleep
B) Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time on the weekends as during the week
C) Exercise late in the day to produce fatigue
D) Complete paperwork or other activities in bed right before turning out the lights so as to already be relaxed
Ans: B
Feedback:
General principles of sleep hygiene include a regular sleep–wake schedule, environmental modifications, and reductions in sources of arousals (Zarcone, 2000). Most sleep specialists teach clients to maintain a regular sleep schedule on weekdays and weekends, to reduce noise and light in the sleeping environment, to maintain a comfortable temperature in the room for sleeping, and to sleep in a comfortable bed.
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