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DAILY HEALTH

Sleep Smarts Did you know your go-to sleep
position can affect your health?

BACK, SIDE OR stomach—odds are, you have a favorite. Here’s how three popular sleep positions can affect your body:

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LYING ON YOUR BACK SIDE-SLEEPING LYING ON YOUR STOMACH

The National Sleep Experts say it’s OK to sleep on your right or left This is a recipe for morning stiffness
Foundation ranks lying on side. Remember to keep your body straight and and aches and pains. The National Sleep
your back No. 1 for healthy resist curling into the fetal position. Sleeping for
slumber. The reason? You’re two? Try lying on your left side. That helps more Foundation reports that lying on your
less likely to stress your nutrient-rich blood get to your baby, according to stomach is tough on your body, especially
head, neck or spine, and you your neck and spine. Opt for sleeping on
have a lower risk of acid the American Pregnancy Association.
reflux. If you snore while your back or side instead.

lying on your back, try IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING, CALL 478-633-6272 TO SCHEDULE A
changing positions. CONSULTATION WITH A SLEEP SPECIALIST AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, NAVICENT HEALTH.

As the need AN ANSWER TO THE
for nurses grows,
NURSING SHORTAGE
healthcare A MAJOR DECISION
careers are more NURSES PLAY A vital role in
healthcare. That’s especially true This need may make you think—
important as the number of older adults is a career in healthcare the
than ever. and demand for healthcare in right fit for me? Nursing is an
the state grow. extremely rewarding job in a
field that is interesting and
Yet, according to the diverse. Nurses routinely help
Georgia Nurses Association/ welcome new life into the world,
Foundation, by the year 2030, comfort families as they face
there could be a shortage of difficult times, and make a big
as many as 50,000 registered difference in the lives of their
nurses (RNs) here. It’s also a patients and coworkers.
national issue.
Whether you are a recent
“Some nurses have cut their graduate trying to decide on your
hours or even retired earlier path or think it’s time to make
than expected,’’ says Ninfa a career change, nursing school
Saunders, President and CEO might be the solution—and you
of Navicent Health. “This might be part of the solution to
shortage is significant and the nursing shortage.
continues to worsen.’’
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
More than 50 percent of CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT
the nation’s nurses are close NAVICENT HEALTH, VISIT
to retirement age, and at WWW.NAVICENTHEALTH.ORG/
the same time, more people CAREERS.HTML.
than ever have insurance and
request medical care.

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