Nursing in critical care
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Nursing in critical care · Jul 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialEarplugs improve patients' subjective experience of sleep in critical care.
This study aimed to determine the effects of earplug use on the subjective experience of sleep for patients in critical care. ⋯ The negligible cost and low level of invasiveness of earplugs makes this preferable as a primary intervention to promote sleep while avoiding unnecessary sedating medications.