title: [Sleep disturbances: frequent diagnosis in inpatients].
abstract: Sleep disturbances and deprivation are common stressors in inpatients. Nurses must be able to notice undesirable effects of sleep disturbances on the patient's responses to health problems, and to implement interventions to help them achieve the best possible quality of sleep. This article discusses the relevance of sleep-related nursing diagnoses for inpatients of medical-surgical wards, and presents a synthesis of the tools available in literature to assess sleep.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo. ellen.nurse@zipmail.com.br
authors.forename: Ellen Cristina
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Bergamasco
authors.forename: Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro
authors.initials: Dde A
authors.lastname: da Cruz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D017286:Polysomnography; D012106:Research; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D012895:Sleep, REM; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires