Prevention of Holiday Weight Gain Among Rural Hospital Night Shift Employees
View File(s)
Author Information
- Author(s)
- Details
-
Vicki Brooks, DNP, APRN, FNP, Harris College of Nursing and Health Science, Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, Texas, USA
- Sigma Affiliation
- Theta Tau
Item Information
Item Link - Use this link for citations and online mentions.
Abstract
The project's purpose was to prevent holiday weight gain among rural hospital night shift employees during the holiday season. Elements leading to weight gain and obesity: holiday time frame, rural environment and night shift workers. Healthy work environments include education on nutrition, finance, physical activity, stress management and chronic diseases.
Description
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.
Repository Posting Date
2019-02-15T20:12:14Z
Notes
Items submitted to a conference/event were evaluated/peer-reviewed at the time of abstract submission to the event. No other peer-review was provided prior to submission to the Henderson Repository, unless otherwise noted.
Type Information
| Type | Poster |
| Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
| Review Type | Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host |
| Format | Text-based Document |
Category Information
| Evidence Level | N/A |
| Research Approach | N/A |
| Keywords | Night Shift; Quality Improvement; Rural |
Conference Information
| Name | Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019 |
| Host | Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Date | 2019 |
Rights Holder
All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.
All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.
All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subjects.
-
Evidence-based quality improvement strategies to prevent errors during the night shift
A direct correlation exists between nurse fatigue and an increased incidence of errors in the workplace (Zion & Shochat, 2019). This project identified evidence-based strategies aimed at reducing the amount of errors during ... -
Improving the experiences of night shift nurses in Australian regional public hospitals: An action research project
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: Purpose: To develop a participatory plan to improve the working experience of night shift nurses and enhance delivery of patient care in Australian regional acute inpatient ... -
Evaluation of a planned rest/nap for hospital night-shift nurses
(2017-07-10)Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate a fatigue risk management intervention for surgical intensive care unit nurses working twelve-hour night shifts. Background: The American Nurses Association (ANA) ... -
Can you see me? Experiences of night shift nurses in Australian regional hospitals: A qualitative case study
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Wednesday, July 24, 2013: Purpose: The study aimed to explore experiences of nightshift nurses working in Australian regional hospitals focusing on their relationships with other nightshift nurses, ... -
Experiences of nurses working night shift in regional Australian hospitals: A qualitative case study
(2014-11-17)Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014: Purpose: The study aimed to explore experiences of nightshift nurses working in Australian regional hospitals focusing on their relationships with other nightshift nurses, ...
