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Clinical Forum
Author(s) -
Delaney Kathleen Ryan
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1992.tb00140.x
Subject(s) - bedtime , evening , patience , psychology , sleep (system call) , medical education , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , social psychology , computer science , physics , astronomy , operating system
Clinical Forum presents brief reports on discussion of clinical issues or innovative practices, ideas, and programs. Bedtime on children's inpatient units taxes a staff's patience and energy. Many children are pressing their needs with great urgency. Unfortunately, by late evening staff members are frequently depleted and not emotionally available to the children. Inpatient nurses can address this situation by developing bedtime programs that focus on the particular nighttime needs of disturbed children. The Author details such a bedtime program and describes why it has been successful in helping patients get undisturbed sleep.