Time and again you will hear your patients complaining about poor sleep during their hospitalization. If not always but most of the times, the patient attenders too will get frustrated. That is why managing the sleep of your hospitalized patients is important. This article provides a quick guide of management of sleep in hospitalized patients. “ Sleep is that golden chain that ties body and health together”, a quote from Thomas Dekker, an English writer and philosopher from 16 th century perfectly describes the importance of sleep.
Sleep has been thought to be important for recovery from injury and sickness. In the recent times physicians and scientists have gained insights about restorative role of sleep in health and diseases. However, the primary places of patient recovery, hospitals, are very poorly conducive to sleep. Hence, it is common that patients complain about poor sleep and…
