护士在睡眠医学实践及研究中的作用

Roles of nurses in sleep medicine

睡眠健康成为全球公共卫生的重要组成部分。睡眠障碍的发病率在世界范围内迅速升高,严重影响人们的生活质量。我国睡眠专业医师、技师队伍匮乏,睡眠中心分布和医疗资源发展不平衡,这些严重制约了我国睡眠医学的发展及睡眠健康保障水平的提高。在欧美等发达国家,睡眠医学成为一门新兴的交叉学科。护士作为睡眠管理师这一职业的发展成为大势所趋,护士经过培训成为睡眠技师的主力军。这些在睡眠医学领域的成功尝试为我国从医、教、研三方面推动护理在睡眠医学中发展提供借鉴。

Sleep health becomes an important component of global public health.The incidence of sleep disorders is increasing rapidly worldwide,which seriously affects people′s quality of life.In China,the lack of professional sleep physicians and technicians,the distribution of sleep centers and the unbalanced development of medical resources have seriously restricted the development of sleep medicine and the improvement of sleep health guarantee level.In Europe and America and other developed countries,sleep medicine has become a new interdisciplinary discipline.The development of nurses as sleep coordinator has become an irresistible trend.Nurses have been trained to become the main force of sleep technicians.These successful attempts in the field of sleep medicine provide reference for promoting the development of nursing care in China from the aspects of medical care,teaching and research.