Amanda Marten is a Family Nurse Practitioner and freelance writer. She currently works as a Nurse Practitioner in urgent care. She enjoys developing relationships with her patients and educating them about their health while promoting evidence-based research.
As a nurse, she has worked in a variety of specialties, including post-surgical, the intensive care unit, and travel nursing. Amanda has a background in writing well-researched articles and blogs, as well as medical and NCLEX-style questions.
In her free time, she enjoys gardening, outdoor activities, and spending time with her friends and family.
About Sleepopolis
Since launching in 2014, Sleepopolis has maintained a simple, but important mission: to help people get incredible sleep. Our team of credentialed writers, product reviewers, and sleep experts deliver best-in-class sleep news, mattress and bedding reviews, and sleep health content. With an average monthly reach of nearly 28 million impressions, Sleepopolis has become the largest sleep resource on the Internet.
Our writers and editors specialize in sleep topics, and the majority of our reviews focus on their in-person experiences with and testing of products. In order to make sure our content is as accurate as possible, we also partner with a robust network of experts to help verify much of the content you see on the site. This network consists of board-certified physicians, physical therapists, other medical professionals, researchers, and innovators in the sleep space. Content that has been expert verified is indicated with a blue checkmark at the top of those pages. We also work to keep our content up-to-date and indicate the day of the most recent editorial updates at the top of our articles.
The Latest from Amanda Marten
Whether it’s binge-watching the latest and greatest on Hulu or Max later than we probably should or conducting our daily deep dive into Instagram or TikTok, almost 90 percent of us are guilty …
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When we pull the covers back on the finer points of our sleep architecture, or the organizational structure of our sleep stages and how we move through sleep cycles, one sleep stage in …
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Hey, millennials, how are you sleeping? Between an overload of electronic devices and high levels of stress, the millennial generation (those born between 1981 and 1996) potentially faces some pretty distinct sleep challenges. …
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Melatonin is having its day in the spotlight as a quick and easy method for improving sleep. Seeing as some of us aren’t achieving the recommended 7+ hours of quality sleep per night, …
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Shorter, darker days are a hallmark of winter, and so is the tendency to want to catch more zzzs. We might really sleep more in the winter — but that doesn’t mean we …
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When you finally reach the end of a long day and collapse into your bed, you’re probably not thinking about how your sleeping position may affect your health — you just want to …
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When it comes to pests, bed bugs may top the list. Between the itchy bites, the risk of secondary infections from all that scratching (2), and the resulting anxiety and disrupted sleep (3), …
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While experts recommend a certain amount of sleep, requirements vary from person to person for a variety of reasons.
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Nicknamed “nature’s valium,” valerian root is known for having relaxing properties for the mind and body. As such, many people swear it can help bring you to a relaxed state that’s more conducive …
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Low temperatures and dry air have always been excellent harbingers of winter’s impending arrival. However, for a good segment of the population, cold temperatures and low humidity can also herald an uptick in …
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