Thesis
Disrupted Sleep and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Tool for the Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
04/2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/4341
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature for effective interventions to improve sleep in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The advanced registered nurse practitioner can use these findings as a tool to improve treatment outcomes. The findings reveal a thorough assessment should both rule out sleep disorders and identify psychosocial factors that may disrupt sleep in children and adolescents. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to treat disrupted sleep are also discussed. These findings are then applied to a case study and the theoretical framework of the paper. The case study provides an example of a nine-year-old boy with ADHD suffering disrupted sleep. The theoretical framework for this paper comes from the Theory of Planned Behavior. This is a theory of social psychology that helps explain why children and adolescents with ADHD suffer disrupted sleep.
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- Title
- Disrupted Sleep and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Tool for the Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
- Creators
- Nicole Desiderati
- Contributors
- Linda Eddy (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590724101842
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/; http://www.ndltd.org/standards/metadata; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess; In copyright; Publicly accessible; openAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis