title: Sleepless in stepdown.
authors.affiliation: Joanne Matukaitis is the vice chair of the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital Authority for Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, Ga. At Christiana Care Health System in Delaware, Thea Eckman is a staff education specialist (Wilmington); Kirstan Baxter is a nurse manager, Cardiovascular Critical Care Complex (Newark); Elisabeth Bradley is a clinical leader, cardiovascular prevention program (Newark); Helen Hawrylack is a patient-care coordinator (Newark); Sharmila Johnson is a cardiovascular clinical nurse specialist (Newark); Ruth Mooney is a nursing research facilitator (Newark); Donna Papanicolas is a cardiovascular liaison and STS data manager (Newark); and Patricia Briggs is an open-heart step-down unit nurse (Stanton).
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matukaitis
authors.forename: Thea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eckman
authors.forename: Kirstan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hawrylack
authors.forename: Sharmila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mooney
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papanicolas
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology