Nurses Have to "Run the Gauntlet": Achieving Healthy Eating While Working in Hospitals
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Cynthia Horton Dias, BSN, RN, CMSRN, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Alpha Xi
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Abstract
Targeting improved dietary behaviors in nurses starts with exploring and understanding the unique challenges that nurses face due to shift work and the hospital setting. Through qualitative inquiry, nurses revealed the the predominant influences on eating habits in the workplace: nursing role, food environment, free food, and shift work.
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Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019:Innovating Healthy Clinical and Academic Environments: Optimizing Patient Outcomes and Professional Well-Being, February 22-24, 2019. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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| Type | Presentation |
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| Format | Text-based Document |
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| Evidence Level | N/A |
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| Keywords | Dietary Behaviors; Hospital Environment; Shift Work Nurses |
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| Name | Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019 |
| Host | Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Date | 2019 |
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