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Sleep and rest: Supporting patients' sleep in care settings

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for ward. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 35 minutes, 6 lessons, 10-question final check. Last reviewed 4 November 2026; not legal advice.

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Course outline at a glance

  • What sleep does
  • When sleep falls short
  • Tabs
  • Quiz

  • What causes sleep
  • Phases and stages
  • Three sleep disorders
  • Check your understanding
  • Accordion
  • Tabs
  • Sorting activity
  • Quiz

  • Why sleep suffers in hospital
  • The sleep assessment
  • Sleep needs across the life span
  • Practise
  • Quiz
  • Tabs
  • Matching quiz
  • Scenario

  • Sleep enhancement interventions
  • A restful ward
  • Medicines and evaluation
  • Accordion
  • Flashcards

  • Mrs. Salvo
  • Plan her care
  • Evaluate
  • Scenario
  • Quiz

  • Final assessment
  • Course complete
  • Quiz
  • Multi-select quiz
  • Flashcards

Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 2 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's result on the 10-question final check, against the 80% pass mark.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away and what to change next time.

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6 lessons, about 35 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why sleep matters · 6 min

    Before you begin · What sleep does · When sleep falls short

  • Lesson 2: Sleep patterns, disorders and influences · 7 min

    What causes sleep · Phases and stages · Three sleep disorders · Check your understanding

  • Lesson 3: Assessing sleep · 7 min

    Why sleep suffers in hospital · The sleep assessment · Sleep needs across the life span · Practise

  • Lesson 4: Planning and implementing care for sleep · 6 min

    Sleep enhancement interventions · A restful ward · Medicines and evaluation

  • Lesson 5: Putting it all together · 5 min

    Mrs. Salvo · Plan her care · Evaluate

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 4 min

    Final assessment · Course complete

Source and credit: Chapter 12: Sleep and Rest, in Nursing Fundamentals 2e by Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN), Chippewa Valley Technical College, wtcs.pressbooks.pub/nursingfundamentals/part/sleep-and-rest/ (opens in a new tab), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (opens in a new tab)). Adapted by AhaSlides: condensed into six lessons, rewritten for workplace learning, quizzes and activities added.

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Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding or as continuing professional development, with a yearly refresher (best practice).

Ward, care-home and home-health nurses and care assistants.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Link to your live session deck
  • Link to the self-paced course
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