Nurses learn the principles of comfort, rest, and sleep early in the nursing program and use them throughout their careers. Ensuring patient comfort is a key element of nursing practice, and excessive noise interferes with comfort. This activity discusses noise in a 19th century hospital versus noise in a 21st century healthcare facility plus causes and effects of noise in the hospital. You will gain insight into how to reduce noise on the nursing unit and what makes an effective noise control program to help increase patient satisfaction.
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