What Is an Important First Step When Treating Sleep Problems

question 104

Multiple Choice

What is an important first step when treating sleep problems such as primary insomnia?

• A) Determine what stage of sleep is most frequently lost due to the insomnia.
• B) Determine whether the sleep problems are due to stressful life events before treating them with drugs.
• C) Ensure that patients are not taking another drug that will contra-indicate the effects of the sedative.
• D) Determine whether the symptoms are being caused by another drug or disorder.
• E) Ensure that the sedatives/hypnotics are the proper dosage, especially for older adults.

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Definitions:

M/D/1

A notation in queue theory representing a system with a single server, where arrivals are Markovian (Poisson process), service times are deterministically fixed, and there is one server.

Constant Service Time

A condition in queuing theory where the time required to serve each customer is the same and does not vary.

Units Arrive

Pertains to the process or moment when manufactured goods or inventory items reach a designated location, such as a warehouse.

M/M/1 Assumptions

A set of conditions that underlie the M/M/1 queue model, including that arrivals occur according to a Poisson process, service times have an exponential distribution, there is a single server, and the queue has infinite capacity.