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Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses.

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Reuter-Rice, K; McMurray, MG; Christoferson, E; Yeager, H; Wiggins, B
Published in: Critical care nursing clinics of North America
June 2020

There is a clear relationship between lack of sleep, poor health outcomes, and delayed recovery from illness in the intensive care unit. Several factors can contribute to poor quality sleep in the intensive care unit, including (1) environmental disruptions such as light and sound, (2) physiologic disruptions such as discomfort, nausea, and pain, (3) psychological disruptions such as anxiety and a lack of privacy, and (4) health care provider-related disruptions, such as medication administration and nursing care. Nursing implications include increased attention to the role of sleep to promote intensive care unit patient's health outcomes and using multicomponent sleep-promoting protocols.

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Critical care nursing clinics of North America

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EISSN

1558-3481

ISSN

0899-5885

Publication Date

June 2020

Volume

32

Issue

2

Start / End Page

191 / 201

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep
  • Pain
  • Nursing
  • Noise
  • Light
  • Length of Stay
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Humans
  • Environment
  • Critical Illness
 

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Reuter-Rice, K., McMurray, M. G., Christoferson, E., Yeager, H., & Wiggins, B. (2020). Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 32(2), 191–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2020.02.002
Reuter-Rice, Karin, Mary Grace McMurray, Elise Christoferson, Haley Yeager, and Brooke Wiggins. “Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses.Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 32, no. 2 (June 2020): 191–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2020.02.002.
Reuter-Rice K, McMurray MG, Christoferson E, Yeager H, Wiggins B. Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses. Critical care nursing clinics of North America. 2020 Jun;32(2):191–201.
Reuter-Rice, Karin, et al. “Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses.Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, vol. 32, no. 2, June 2020, pp. 191–201. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2020.02.002.
Reuter-Rice K, McMurray MG, Christoferson E, Yeager H, Wiggins B. Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses. Critical care nursing clinics of North America. 2020 Jun;32(2):191–201.
Journal cover image

Published In

Critical care nursing clinics of North America

DOI

EISSN

1558-3481

ISSN

0899-5885

Publication Date

June 2020

Volume

32

Issue

2

Start / End Page

191 / 201

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep
  • Pain
  • Nursing
  • Noise
  • Light
  • Length of Stay
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Humans
  • Environment
  • Critical Illness