An older frail adult patient has begun displaying symptoms of sleep disturbance while being hospitalized.Since these symptoms were observed,the nurse has arranged for a bed alarm to be placed near the patient because:

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One consequence of lack of sleep for elders is delirium;the bed alarm is an intervention often used to alert staff when a patient is likely to make an ill-advised attempt at getting out of bed.The patient may or may not be able to use the call light.The risk of falling increases with delirium.The alarm may or may not remind the patient not to get out of bed,but it will alert the staff to go into the room.

An Older Frail Adult Patient Has Begun Displaying Symptoms of Sleep