A staff nurse on a psychiatric unit knows that clients often have trouble sleeping because of their psychiatric conditions. Which of the following reflects a psychiatric nursing intervention to appropriately address this problem?
A) Limiting amounts of evening snacks and beverages
B) Involving clients in a volleyball game immediately before bedtime
C) Enforcing the rule that all patients be in bed with lights out by 10:30 p.m.
D) Encouraging clients to take short naps in the afternoons
Ans: A
Avoiding naps in the late afternoon or evening, eating lightly before retiring, and limiting fluid intake before retiring are nonpharmacologic sleep interventions that should be tried before administering sleep medications because of side effects associated with many pharmacologic sleep interventions.
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