Which Patient Teaching Would Be Most Therapeutic for Someone with Sleep

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which patient teaching would be most therapeutic for someone with sleep disturbance?

• A) Give yourself at least 60 minutes to fall asleep.
• B) Avoid eating carbohydrates before going to sleep.
• C) Catch up on sleep by napping or sleeping in when possible.
• D) Do not go to bed feeling upset about a conflict.

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Definitions:

Condemning

Expressing strong disapproval or censure of someone or something.

Status Generalization

A process through which differences in members’ status characteristics lead to different performance expectations and, hence, affect patterns of interaction in groups; the tendency for a member’s status inside a group to reflect his or her status outside that group.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Diffuse Status Generalization

The process by which individuals' status characteristics in one domain influence expectations and interactions in unrelated domains.