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Cmiel, Cheryl Ann BAN, RN; Karr, Dana Marie BSN, RN; Gasser, Dawn Marie ASN, RN; Oliphant, Loretta Marie AAN, RN; Neveau, Amy Jo BAN, RN

At the time of the quality improvement project described in this article, Cheryl Ann Cmiel, Dana Marie Karr, Dawn Marie Gasser, Loretta Marie Oliphant, and Amy Jo Neveau were staff nurses and members of the sleep promotion team on the surgical thoracic intermediate care area nursing unit at Saint Marys Hospital, a Mayo Clinic–affiliated hospital in Rochester, MN.

The authors wish to thank Jean Henderson, BSN, RN, and Marnie Wetzstein, BSN, RN,BC, both former members of the sleep promotion team, for help with literature review, data collection, and manuscript reviews.

Contact author, Cheryl Ann Cmiel: [email protected].

The authors of this article have no significant ties, financial or otherwise, to any company that might have an interest in the publication of this educational activity.