Define and compare sleep terrors and nightmares
What will be an ideal response?
* Sleep terrors are partial awakenings from Stage 4 sleep characterized by loud screams and extreme physiological arousal.
* Nightmares are frightening dreams that usually awaken a sleeper from REM sleep; occurs most often in children from ages 3 to 6.
* A child experiencing a night terror tends to resist parental interventions, is confused upon awakening, has a brief and rapid return to sleep, is in slow-wave sleep, has poor to no recall for the event, experiences the episode during the first third to first half of the night, and exhibits intense autonomic nervous system discharge.
* A child experiencing a nightmare will be alert upon awakening, has a prolonged return to sleep, will be easily comforted by parents, experiences the event during REM sleep, has clear recall of the dream, experiences mild autonomic nervous system activity, and experiences the event during the second half to the last third of the sleep period.
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