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.
Testing Visual Fields by Confrontation: The nurse and patient should be approximately at an eye to e
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
The postoperative client supports an incision with a folded pillow when taking a deep breath and cou
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
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