Course Information

About this Course

External Links

Objectives

About This Course:
This course discusses several aspects of the benefits of sleep. The areas that will be covered in this course are:

~Basic Need
~Sleep
~Importance of Sleep
~What Makes us Sleep at Night and Wake in the Morning
~Homeostasis
~Circadian Rhythms  
~Essential to Health and Wellness
~Sleep Loss
~How Much Sleep do you Really Need?
~What you can do
~Think About your Sleep
~Make Sleep a Priority
~Not Enough Sleep
~Understand your Sleep Need
~Make the Bedroom as Restful as Possible
~Don’t Share your Bed with Children or Pets 
~Be Comfortable and Relaxed
~Don’t Stay in Bed if you are Awake
~Use your Bed for Sleep
~Natural Light
~Bedtime
~Get up the Same Time
~ Napping
~ Eating Before Bed
~ Regular Exercise Each Day
~Avoid Stress Before Bed
~Avoid Caffeinated Drinks in the Evening
~Limit Drinks at Bedtime
~Don’t Use Alcohol to Help you Sleep
~Don’t Look at the Clock all the Time
~Take Medications as Directed
~Talk with Your Doctor
~Importance of Sleep




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

 


                                                                                                                                               

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Objectives:
After completing this course, learners will successfully be able to:

1. discuss that sleep is a basic human need.
2. discuss the importance of sleep.
3. learn to make sleep a priority.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

 

 

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External Links:

There are several informative websites that you might find to be useful resources on the benefits of sleep. These links can be found by clicking on the "External Links" button located on the left side button bar.