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Is it hard sleeping in the telemetry unit?

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Dr. Randy Sussmane Stubbs answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Sleep Medicine

Hospital= poor sleep: Being in the hospital interferes with normal sleep patterns. The lights are on, there are buzzers and bells and nurses and others entering the room at all times of the day and night, in telemetry you have wires attached to you. Sleep is poorer for everyone in the hospital.

Answered 1/11/2015

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Dr. Valerie Cacho answered

Specializes in Sleep Medicine

Yes: Sleeping in the hospital is difficult as there are numerous noises and interruptions.

Answered 6/5/2016

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