Problem:
For each assessment finding, click to specify if the finding is consistent with nightmares, sleep terrors, or insomnia. Each finding may support more than 1 disease process. When analyzing cues, the nurse should recognize that manifestations of nightmares include awakening during the night after a scary dream. Nightmares are sleep disturbances that cause distress after the dream is over. The child might be crying, fearful of returning to sleep, and believe the dream is real. Sleep disturbances cause interruptions in the sleep-wake cycle and can cause impaired concentration, daytime fatigue, and impulsive behaviors. When analyzing cues, the nurse should recognize that manifestations of sleep terrors include partial awakening during a deep sleep. Sleep terrors are sleep disturbances that cause a child to exhibit behaviors such as thrashing, screaming, moaning, and diaphoresis that disappear once the child awakens. The child does not remember the episode and is not comforted by others during the disturbance. The child usually falls asleep easily afterwards. Sleep terrors cause interruptions in the sleep-wake cycle and can cause impaired concentration, daytime