title: Facilitating sleep for patients with end stage renal disease.
abstract: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are confronted with many changes and problems; a lack of sleep may be one of the most prevailing difficulties they endure. Poor sleep is often the result of restless leg syndrome (RLS), periodic leg movements during sleep (PLMS), sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), or depression. Nurses who provide health care to these patients can use timely interventions to assist the patients to achieve better sleep.
authors.affiliation: Medical Unit at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Kathie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D020189:Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017286:Polysomnography; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*