Assignment 2: Assessing and Treating Patients With Sleep/Wake Disorders

Sleep disorders are conditions that result in changes in an individual’s pattern of sleep (Mayo Clinic, 2020). Not surprisingly, a sleep disorder can affect an individual’s overall health, safety, and quality of life. Psychiatric nurse practitioners can treat sleep disorders with psychopharmacologic treatments, however, many of these drugs can have negative effects on other aspects of a patient’s health and well-being. Additionally, while psychopharmacologic treatments may be able to address issues with sleep, they can also exert potential challenges with waking patterns. Thus, it is important for the psychiatric nurse practitioner to carefully evaluate the best psychopharmacologic treatments for patients that present with sleep/wake disorders.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for the assessment and treatment of patients with sleep/wake disorders.

The Assignment:

Examine Case Study: Pharmacologic Approaches to the Treatment of Insomnia in a Younger Adult. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using the primary literature.

• Introduction to the case (1/2 page)

  Decision #1 (1 page)

• Decision #2 (1 page)
• Decision #3 (1 page)

Medications ressources:

•alprazolam, amitriptyline, Amoxapine, Amphetamine, desipramine, diazepam, doxepin, eszopiclon, flunitrazepam, flurazepam, hydroxyzine, imipramine, lemborexant, lorazepam, melatonin, methylphenedate, modafinil, armodafinil, carnitine, clomipramine, clonazepam, nortriptyline, pitolisant, ramelteon, sodium oxybate, solriamfetol, SSRI’s, temazepam, trazodone, triazolam, trimipramine, wellbutrin, zaleplon, zolpidem