Chalk up another victory for sleep

Your sense of awareness can be improved by an extra half-hour every night.

Health care requires extreme attention to detail. Surgeons must pay particular attention to every move. Orthopedic specialists can miss revealing details on an x-ray when distracted—I’m speaking from experience.

Perhaps no job in health care requires more multitasking than nursing, however. Mindfulness is especially important in this field.

A recent study