A staff nurse on a psychiatric unit knows that clients often have trouble sleeping because of their psychiatric conditions. What reflects a psychiatric nursing intervention to appropriately address this problem?

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Avoiding naps in the late afternoon or evening, eating lightly before retiring, and limiting fluid intake before retiring are nonpharmacologic sleep interventions that should be tried before administering sleep medications because of side effects associated with many pharmacologic sleep interventions.

A Staff Nurse on a Psychiatric Unit Knows That Clients