Rest and Sleep are Essential for Health.

People who are ill frequently

require more rest and sleep than usual.

A basic human need.

implies calmness,
It is considered to be
relaxation without a state of
emotional stress unconsciousness. It
and freedom from is a Universal
anxiety. Biological process
common to all.

Homeostatic Sleep Drive

represented by linear
Circadian Rhythm
influences the internal
BENEFITS OF SLEEP
organization of sleep and the It contributes to
increase during
timing and physiological and
wakefulness and a linear
the duration of sleep-wake psychological restoration,
decline during sleep.
cycles body tissue restoration.
Routinely restore biological

O IMPROVE Process.

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Don’t consume Don’t drink

caffeine late in alcohol
the day

Reduce irregular
or long daytime Take a relaxing
naps bath or shower
Set your bedroom
temperature
FUN FACT
According to University of
Georgia, an average college
18-60 yrs
student gets about 6 - 6.9 hours 7hrs of sleep or
of sleep per night. 6-12 yrs more
9-12hrs of sleep

1-2 years
11-14hrs of sleep

0-3 months
14-17hrs of
sleep

3-5 years
10-14hrs of lseep 13-18 years
4-12 months
8-10 hrs of lseep
12-16hrs of
sleep

"Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it."

-Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

SALIVIO, JEFFREY ALLEN BSN 1-5