Sleep and healing in intensive care settings.
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.
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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*