Type of Submission
Poster
Keywords
Sleep deprivation, ICU patients, insomnia, health, nursing, care clustering, promoting sleep, interventions, noise reduction
Abstract
Introduction: Sleep deprivation has detrimental effects on critical patients’ health. A lack of sleep can affect multiple body systems. There are nursing interventions that can reduce sleep deprivation. However, there is inconclusive evidence on how to properly assess sleep deprivation and implement sleep promoting nursing interventions in clinical practice.
Purpose: The purpose of this literature review is to examine the effects of noise reduction and nursing care clustering on improving the quality of patient sleep in the critical care setting.
Methods: This literature review was conducted using 10 sources published within the last 5 years. Inclusion criteria consisted of articles about the effects of noise, quality of sleep, and implementation of nurse care clustering on various critical care populations. The 6 databases used for this research were UpToDate, CINAHL, PubMed, PsycInfo, Proquest, and CCForum. This research concentrated on examining articles containing nursing interventions for noise reduction and care clustering related to quality of sleep.
Results: Noise has a negative effect on sleep by causing more arousals/awakenings, which greatly impacts the restorative function of the process. Noise is not the only sleep disturbing factor, but it has been shown to be significant. Some noise sources cannot be eliminated due to safety reasons, but interventions exist to help counteract the effects of noise. Nursing care interventions are as disruptive to sleep as noise. 13.9% of nursing interruptions could be safely omitted, and nurses should cluster care to promote sleep. Interventions to prevent sleep disruption can be practical in routine nursing, but nurses are less likely to implement them at night because prioritizing care clustering can require more time and effort.
Discussion: Sleep deprivation causes major health concerns in critical care patients. Noise and nursing care interventions have been found to cause equal disruptions in sleep. Noise reduction and care clustering have been observed to reduce sleep deprivation. Further evidence is needed on how to effectively and practically implement these nursing interventions into daily nursing practice.
Campus Venue
Stevens Student Center
Location
Cedarville, OH
Start Date
4-1-2015 11:00 AM
End Date
4-1-2015 2:00 PM
Creative Commons License
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Effects of Noise Reduction and Care Clustering on Quality of Sleep in Critical Care Patients
Cedarville, OH
Introduction: Sleep deprivation has detrimental effects on critical patients’ health. A lack of sleep can affect multiple body systems. There are nursing interventions that can reduce sleep deprivation. However, there is inconclusive evidence on how to properly assess sleep deprivation and implement sleep promoting nursing interventions in clinical practice.
Purpose: The purpose of this literature review is to examine the effects of noise reduction and nursing care clustering on improving the quality of patient sleep in the critical care setting.
Methods: This literature review was conducted using 10 sources published within the last 5 years. Inclusion criteria consisted of articles about the effects of noise, quality of sleep, and implementation of nurse care clustering on various critical care populations. The 6 databases used for this research were UpToDate, CINAHL, PubMed, PsycInfo, Proquest, and CCForum. This research concentrated on examining articles containing nursing interventions for noise reduction and care clustering related to quality of sleep.
Results: Noise has a negative effect on sleep by causing more arousals/awakenings, which greatly impacts the restorative function of the process. Noise is not the only sleep disturbing factor, but it has been shown to be significant. Some noise sources cannot be eliminated due to safety reasons, but interventions exist to help counteract the effects of noise. Nursing care interventions are as disruptive to sleep as noise. 13.9% of nursing interruptions could be safely omitted, and nurses should cluster care to promote sleep. Interventions to prevent sleep disruption can be practical in routine nursing, but nurses are less likely to implement them at night because prioritizing care clustering can require more time and effort.
Discussion: Sleep deprivation causes major health concerns in critical care patients. Noise and nursing care interventions have been found to cause equal disruptions in sleep. Noise reduction and care clustering have been observed to reduce sleep deprivation. Further evidence is needed on how to effectively and practically implement these nursing interventions into daily nursing practice.
