Yoga Break for Nurses: A Wellness Pilot Project Margie Gale, MSN, RN, CEAP & Laura Osterman, MA, RYT

Vanderbilt Nurse Wellness Program of Work Life Connections-EAP and Health Plus

Yoga Project Method

Delivery Health Plus and WLC-EAP Nurse Wellness partner to offer Nurse Wellness Unit visits. Visits may include yoga, food demo and Know Your Numbers. Participants receive a yoga card with instruction for how to do poses learned in demo. •Nurse Wellness Liaison coordinates flow of

participants with Charge Nurse for

individuals/small groups to come through to

participate in seven minute yoga session..

Set Up

• One small room for yoga, table for food

samples, handouts and separate area for

Know Your Numbers

Outcomes

1. 389 nursing staff participated

2. 25 sessions on 26 Units/Clinics/Areas

3. Over eighteen months 2014-15

Recommendations

• Conduct five question REDCap survey

Resource Wellcast:

Ease Your Spirit, Mind, and Body with Yoga Kimberly Tromatore of Health Plus, recently spoke to Lori Cowan, Group Fitness Coordinator at Health Plus, about what yoga is, different types of yoga and how beneficial practicing yoga can be to relieve stress, reduce fatigue, and increase range of motion.

Background

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nurse Managers asked for outreach support from their Nurse Wellness Program in March 2014 for their staff.

• Nurses on Units, Clinics and Procedure areas expressed interest in on site wellness support that would fit in with their tight work schedules and current staffing challenges.

Yoga Break Purpose

Teach skills for yoga/mindfulness

that can be integrated and sustained

Promote Health Plus programs and services

Promote Go for the Gold benefit Encourage participation in Know Your

Numbers

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Teaching Yoga & Mindfulness

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