Which is the best justification for nursing interventions to promote optimal sleep and rest?

Question

1. Increases the client and family satisfaction with the agency
2. Promotes lengthy, uninterrupted periods of non-REM sleep
3. Decreases the need for pain control and relaxation therapies
4. Helps client to learn and problem solve by enhancing REM sleep

Answer 1

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4. Facilitating learning and problem solving is the best reason to promote optimal sleep and rest because it is the most comprehensive result of optimal sleep and rest. The client thinks and reasons with more clarity and has a greater ability to function in society. If the client is hospitalized, learning and problem solving are essential to maintain health and well-being.
1. Increasing client and family satisfaction is important for client recovery and the agency for public relations and economic reasons but are secondary in importance to increasing client health and well-being.
2. Non-REM sleep occurs between periods of REM sleep, and each are important for restorative sleep. Rest is mainly an energy conserving technique but does not help to create energy.
3. Pain control and relaxation therapies promote optimal sleep and rest.