Assignment 2: Assessing And Treating Patients With Sleep/Wake Disorders
Sleep disorders are conditions that result in changes in an individual’s pattern of sleep (2020). Not surprisingly, a
sleep disorder can affect an individual’s overall health, safety, and quality of life. Psychiatric nurse practitioners
can treat sleep disorders with psychopharmacologic treatments, however, many of these drugs can have negative
effects on other aspects of a patient’s health and well-being. Additionally, while psychopharmacologic bad effects on the health and well-being of the patient in other ways. Also, psychopharmacological treatments may be able to help with sleep problems, but they may make it hard to get up in the morning.
treatments may be able to address issues with sleep, they can also exert potential challenges with waking
patterns. Thus, it is important for the psychiatric nurse practitioner to carefully evaluate the best
psychopharmacologic treatments for patients that present with sleep/wake disorders.