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  • Counsel patients about appropriate sleep duration and the health risks of insufficient or excessive sleep.

  • Select appropriate tests to evaluate patients presenting with sleep concerns.

  • Diagnose sleep insufficiency, sleep deprivation, and insomnia.

  • Summarize nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options for insomnia.

  • Determine whether medications are causing or worsening parasomnias.

  • Counsel patients with parasomnias about nonpharmacologic therapies that can reduce symptoms.

  • List nonpharmacologic strategies to improve sleep quality in hospitalized patients.

  • Describe how sleep deprivation in physicians can reduce the quality of patient care.

 

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