Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 40: Sleep and Rest

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
http://www.aasmnet.org/
Provides consumer education, professional education, and research information and opportunities.

American Sleep Apnea Association
http://www.sleepapnea.org/
Presents consumer and professional education on sleep apnea, plus the latest news in the field.

Better Sleep Council (BSC)
http://www.bettersleep.org/
A consumer site providing education on sleep disorders.

Canadian Sleep Society
http://www.css.to/
Promotes scientific study and public education on sleep disorders

National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
http://nhlbi.nih.gov
From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, provides clinical guidelines, current research, research grants, and information about sleep disorders.

National Sleep Foundation
http://www.sleepfoundation.org
Offers information for consumers on sleep disorders and other sleep topics.