title: Sleep and healing in intensive care settings.
abstract: Maximizing healing in the ICU environment requires active promotion of sleep as a nursing intervention. Changing practice requires a two-pronged approach: developing an expanded knowledge base related to the physiological effects of sleep and especially healing, and minimizing the impact of the traditional ICU system on sleep deprivation.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: French
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*