Hi Victoria
Great idea! I really appreciate that you are working on this. Too many people overlook the importance of sleep for our patients. My initial thoughts:
In background, I’d add to the “negative health outcomes” of sleep disruption that will get the physicians more interested than patient distress (unfortunately)—e.g., prolonged healing, association with worsening metabolic abnormalities, etc. You can find this information and it will help others be more interested since clinicians like hard clinical outcomes.
I’d also add something about the ACA and that improved sleep while an inpatient will likely add to patient satisfaction.
Add to A2: By nursing staff.
Add to A3: I’d say “the majority” of hospitals do this. Doesn’t the 2013 prospective study have the best guess? I’d say it must be 90%.