The nurse encourages a postoperative patient to get adequate amounts of sleep after discharge from the health care facility.When the patient asks why,how should the nurse respond?

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Because the patient is postoperative,the primary reason for sleep it to help the body to heal by restoring biological processes.Sleep allows the body to restore biological processes.During deep slow-wave (NREM stage 4)sleep,the body releases human growth hormone for the repair and renewal of epithelial and specialized cells such as brain cells.Protein synthesis and cell division for the renewal of tissues also occur during rest and sleep.The basal metabolic rate is lowered during sleep,which conserves the body's energy supply.REM sleep is important for cognitive restoration.During REM sleep patients experience rapid eye movement,fluctuation in heart and respiratory rate,increased/fluctuating blood pressure,loss of skeletal muscle tone,and increase in gastric secretions.(This is not a mental and physical calm.)During REM sleep there is increased oxygen consumption and epinephrine is released,not decreased.Sleep does not cause an increase in appetite as the metabolic rate slows down.

The Nurse Encourages a Postoperative Patient to Get Adequate Amounts