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jerry coleman

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A client tells the nurse that she has difficulty sleeping when she has to rotate between working the day shift and the night shift. The nurse realizes that which of the following is most likely being disrupted in this client?
 
  a. ultradian rhythm c. infradian rhythms
  b. circadian rhythm d. circannual rhythms

Question 2

The nurse is assessing a client who is diagnosed with a sleep disturbance. Which statement is true regarding the physiology of sleep?
 
  a. It is difficult to awaken the sleeper from stage 1 sleep.
  b. Ten percent of normal adult sleep may be spent in stage 2 sleep.
  c. Most sleepwalking and enuresis occurs in stage 2 sleep.
  d. The majority of growth hormone is secreted at night during stage 3 to stage 4 sleep.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D



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