The nurse is working on a hospital committee tasked with reducing environmental distractions to sleep within the hospital. Which recommendations by the committee would be helpful?
1. Turn off all overhead lights on the unit and use night-lights and flashlights.
2. Establish a time at which radios and televisions should be turned off or down.
3. Discontinue use of the paging system after 2100.
4. Conduct nursing reports in the hallway.
5. Open curtains between beds in semiprivate rooms.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: It is not possible to turn off all overhead lights and use only night-lights and flashlights, but those lights that can be eliminated should be.
Rationale 2: Establishing a time at which radios and televisions should be turned off or down will reduce the amount of disturbance to clients.
Rationale 3: Discontinuing use of the paging system at 2100 will also reduce noise.
Rationale 4: Nursing reports should be conducted in an area away from the client beds.
Rationale 5: Closing the curtains and not opening the curtains between beds in semiprivate rooms will also decrease disturbance.
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