As a kid I remember that when I would get sick my mom would always make me stay in bed, or on the couch. She said that sick people need to get lots of rest, and along with my mother most Americans think that rest helps give a healing boost to most sick people. So why if a majority of Americans believe this way patients in ICU who are probably the people who need rest the most being kept awake by all the beeps, bright lights, and pesky constant nurse check ins? A study conducted in one New Jersey Hospital found that out of 147 nights, the researchers reported in 2004 in the American Journal of Critical Care, they found only nine uninterrupted periods of two to three hours. When you think about statistics its not that scary, it just numbers on a page that has nothing to do with you, but when its a loved one in that hospital you might react differently.