Healthy Lifestyle Program for High stress hospital employees
Goal: During a stressful day, many will not have time for a full nutritious meal when working long hours as well as have the energy to go to the gym after a long 12 hour shift. My goal: provide these workers with the nutrition they need and sending them away from the vending machines Provide exercise equipment to have available for employee use
Importance & Benefits We put trust in our health care providers but just like anything else, how can they be credible in their line of work when they themselves are unhealthy. High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease can both be silent killers and the stress these employees take on everyday is not healthy especially if they are not eating right and exercising.
Blood Pressure Cuffs $15.99 Medical Supply
Stress balls $0.36/each Customizable discountmugs.com
Tread mill $499/each Sears
Kickboxing bag $52.42 Walmart
Nutrition Education Have education meetings on nutrition & exercise every 3 months Importance Common misconceptions Portioning Meal prepping After health screening, those who feel they need it, can have one on one consultation Because all of our employees have health insurance, our nutritionist consultations will all be covered. Usually they are just for a consultation
Healthy Food Options Take out all vending machines and replace with vending machines from
Exercise trackers Tracker: $17.95 best buy Shoes: as low as $59.99 at Nike outlet stores
Nutrition Tracker My fitness pal FREE If employee does not have a smart phone, MyFitnessPal is also available on desktop.
Initiative, rewards Those who are tracking daily on my fitness pal, and are recording their Nike tracking results and submitting them will be sorted into who is doing the best job. Then the top 10 people will be put into a hat and drawn for first, second, & third place. First place: will receive an extra 3 days paid vacation. Second place: will receive a free membership to HealthTrax. Third place: free fit bit charge* $99.99 value at best buy
Conclusion: This program is not strictly geared to helping individuals to lose weight. Our main focus is to providing our employees with the best nutrition options, easy on the go, and that also taste good. This job is very stressful and demanding - this program will help lower and sustain their health, even if its not perfect, it will be better than their previous habits.