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Sleep Hygiene In Hospitalized Adults, Anna Lynn Barulich, Kristy Rizzardi, Kerith Sunden

Pharmacy and Nursing Student Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Poster Session

Sleep disturbance is reported as one of the most stressful parts of hospitalization. Sleep is vital to every person, even more-so to the hospitalized patient. Poor sleep leads to greater compromised immunity. Much physiological repair occurs during sleep. The purpose of this study is to determine which nursing interventions are most helpful in promoting sleep for hospitalized adults.