title: Sleep and intensive care.
abstract: Human beings spend on average one third of their life sleep. Given that sleep places an individual and its species at a potential biological disadvantage it follows that this must be outweighed by the advantages which sleep has to offer. Why do people sleep? What are its functions? What happens to people during sleep and how can nurses help patients to a better night's sleep? These are just a few questions considered here in relation to patients needing intensive care.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finlay
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012892:Sleep Deprivation