nvq level 2
[HSC2030] Provide support for sleep
HSC2030.1] Understand the importance of sleep.
1.1 Explain how sleep contributes to an individual’s well-being
It allows our body to rejuvenate and restore itself.
It helps the body to create new cells.
Tiredness can significantly affect your mood and how you feel.
Sleep can help lower blood pressure and elevated levels of stress hormones.
Sleep can also help keep blood pressure and cholesterol levels (which play a role in heart disease) in check.
1.2 Identify reasons why an individual may find it hard to sleep
Sleep difficulty can arise when someone is experiencing prolonged stress or feelings of anxiety.
Physical health problems such as pain, asthma or heart disease.
Environmental factors such as noise, an uncomfortable bed or being too hot or cold.
Lifestyle habits, for example not having a regular sleep routine, eating late at night, drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.
1.3 Describe the possible short-term and long-term effects on an individual who is unable to sleep well
Short term effects:
They include the inability to problem solve or make decisions, hallucinations, slower reaction times, disorientation, falling asleep, and tremors.
They include the inability to problem solve or make decisions, hallucinations, slower reaction times, disorientation, falling asleep, and tremors.
With less sleep, the body is unable to produce white cells as well as it should, making the immune system more vulnerable to attack.
Can include fatigue and a lack of alertness, as well as short-term memory loss.
Long term effects: numerous issues including: heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, over eating,...
HSC2030.1] Understand the importance of sleep.
1.1 Explain how sleep contributes to an individual’s well-being
It allows our body to rejuvenate and restore itself.
It helps the body to create new cells.
Tiredness can significantly affect your mood and how you feel.
Sleep can help lower blood pressure and elevated levels of stress hormones.
Sleep can also help keep blood pressure and cholesterol levels (which play a role in heart disease) in check.
1.2 Identify reasons why an individual may find it hard to sleep
Sleep difficulty can arise when someone is experiencing prolonged stress or feelings of anxiety.
Physical health problems such as pain, asthma or heart disease.
Environmental factors such as noise, an uncomfortable bed or being too hot or cold.
Lifestyle habits, for example not having a regular sleep routine, eating late at night, drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.
1.3 Describe the possible short-term and long-term effects on an individual who is unable to sleep well
Short term effects:
They include the inability to problem solve or make decisions, hallucinations, slower reaction times, disorientation, falling asleep, and tremors.
They include the inability to problem solve or make decisions, hallucinations, slower reaction times, disorientation, falling asleep, and tremors.
With less sleep, the body is unable to produce white cells as well as it should, making the immune system more vulnerable to attack.
Can include fatigue and a lack of alertness, as well as short-term memory loss.
Long term effects: numerous issues including: heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, over eating,...