An older frail adult patient has begun displaying symptoms of sleep disturbance while being hospitalized. Since these symptoms were observed, the nurse has arranged for a bed alarm to be placed near the patient because
a. lack of adequate sleep can result in deli-rium.
b. the patient has difficulty using the call light.
c. lack of sleep make the patient at risk for falls.
d. the patient will remember not to get out of bed.
A
One consequence of lack of sleep for elders is delirium; the bed alarm is an intervention often used to alert staff when a patient is likely to make an ill-advised attempt at getting out of bed. The patient may or may not be able to use the call light. The risk of falling increases with deli-rium. The alarm may or may not remind the patient not to get out of bed, but it will alert the staff to go into the room.
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