Intervention by the mental health specialist nurse for preventing sleep disorders due to incorrect habits in infants

• Main Authors: Natalia Cámara Conde, Julián Carretero Román, Ángela García Pozo, Marta Menéndez Rubiera, Javier Sánchez Alfonso, Nuria Sekade Gutiérrez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Enfermería 2009-09-01
• Series: NURE Investigación
• Subjects: Sleep-Relax; Baby; Psychoeducation; Nurse Specialist in Mental Health; Sleep Disorders
• Online Access: http://www.fuden.es/protocolos_detalle.cfm?ID_PROTOCOLO=97&ID_PROTOCOLO_INI=1

The sleep disorders are among the most common behaviour problems in infancy and early childhood, not only affect children, but parents also suffer from lack of sleep which creates problems of anxiety and communication in the partner by exhaustion. One way to prevent insomnia in children is that parents know how to create the habit of sleeping with their children.The main aims of the protocol are: - To train parents to establish healthy habits for proper sleep hygiene.- Preventing sleep disorders caused by bad habits in the infant. - To prevent symptoms of anxiety due to lack of sleep in the parents.The program will consist of 6 sessions of 90 minutes long, 3 pre-natal where they thrive knowledge and 3 sessions after to exposure doubts and search for solutions. We think that cooperation between the mental health nurse specialist with the midwife it is necessary to create a program that establish a healthy dream pattern in both infants and their parents, will prevent the sleep disorders by incorrect habits and their effects