A new educational course for occupational health nurses is aimed at improving the ability of these frontline healthcare professionals to identify patients with sleep disorders so that they can facilitate more rapid treatment.
Called “Wake Up to Worker Sleep Issues”, the 2.5-hour online learning module recently launched by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) covers the gamut of sleep issues, including an overview of normal adult sleep, circadian rhythms and sleep regulation, how sleep affects work, and the most common sleep disorders, as well as training on how to perform a sleep assessment.
Although it is designed for occupational health professionals, the module is ideal for any healthcare professional, according to the program’s lead developer, Karen Heaton, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC.