The nurse is assessing a client who is diagnosed with a sleep disturbance. Which statement is true regarding the physiology of sleep?

a. It is difficult to awaken the sleeper from stage 1 sleep.
b. Ten percent of normal adult sleep may be spent in stage 2 sleep.
c. Most sleepwalking and enuresis occurs in stage 2 sleep.
d. The majority of growth hormone is secreted at night during stage 3 to stage 4 sleep.


ANS: D

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