They say waking people up every four hours is protocol. With all of the technology there should be a way to change protocol, considering the value of sleep and the role of good sleep in healing. There is more to resting than just laying down.

They are so fearful of being sued they either over-do, or at least chart that they do.
On the flip side, when my son was in the special care unit, I went to see him on my lunch break and the nurse said to me "I don't know what's wrong with him; he pulled out his IVs, won't talk and tries to walk around" Postictal seizure behavior, I told her. Don't you look at a patient's chart? Even if you didn't look at the history, don't see see that he is taking dilantin? Shouldn't an SCU RN recognize the symptoms? Did no one notice that he was seizing, when it happened?