Chapter 31- Sleep Flashcards
(24 cards)
Period of sound sleep, relaxation progresses, arousal is relatively easy, last 10-20 minutes?
NREM stage 2
Lightest stage of sleep, last a few minutes, gradual fall in vital signs?
NREM stage 1
Initial stages of deep sleep, difficult to arouse, muscles completely relax, vital signs decline but are normal, last 15-30 minutes?
NREM stage 3
Deepest stage of sleep, very difficult to arouse, last 15-30 minutes, vital signs significantly lower than awake?
NREM stage 4
Stage last 90 minutes, vivid dreaming occurs, loss of skeletal muscle tone?
REM sleep
Requires 16hr of sleep per day?
Neonates
Requires 9-11hrs of sleep at night with naps throughout day?
Infants
Requires a total of 12hrs per day?
Toddler and preschool
Need 8.5-9.5hrs of sleep; but usually get 7.5hrs of sleep?
Adolescents
Get 6-8.5hrs of sleep?
Young adults
Number of hours of sleep decline?
Middle to older adults
Physical illness affects sleep, give examples
HTN, respiratory disease (emphysema, asthma), gastric reflux, nocturia
Suppress REM sleep, increases daytime drowsiness
Opiates
Interfere with reaching deep sleep, hangover feeling during the day, worsens sleep apnea in older adults?
Hypnotics
Suppress REM sleep , decreases total sleep time?
Antidepressants
Interferes with sleep, causes tension, and often leads to frustration when sleep doesn’t come?
Emotional stress
Causes insomnia and decreased amounts of sleep?
Weight loss
Condition characterized by chronic inability to sleep or remain a,seep through the night? Caused by situational stress, poor sleep hygiene.
Insomnia
Disorder in which individual is unable to breathe and sleep at same time?
Sleep apnea
Rare CNS dysfunction of mechanism that regulate sleep and wake states.
Narcolepsy
Insufficient amount of disrupted sleep? Caused by stress, medication, illness.
Sleep deprivation
Occurs during arousal from REM or partial arousal from NREM sleep. Examples are nightmares, teeth grinding, sleep walking, night terrors
Parasomnia
Medication given for nacrcolepsy?
Dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine)
Sleep aid given at a max of 3 months?
Zolpidem tartrate (Ambien)