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Fit a Bit of Wellness

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Unprecedented times of workforce shortages have led to increased employee burnout. Fit a bit of wellness provides a unique and sustainable wellness model for employers to implement with their teams.

This innovation is emerging and worth watching as it is being assessed in early implementations. See more emerging innovations.

Origin:

December 2021, Orlando VA Medical Center

Adoptions:

3 in-progress

Awards and Recognition:

VISN 8 Improvement and InnoVAtion Forum

Partners:

VHA Innovators Network

Tags:

Employee Experience Whole Health
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Overview

Problem

A disconnect has been identified between existing employee whole health efforts and gaining employee engagement in sustainable wellness and health practices at the team level.

Solution

"Fit a Bit of Wellness" is a comprehensive wellness model and is easily replicable. The combination of employee wearables, team aggregated data dashboard, and whole health tools and equipment creates work/life synergy. A role was created within the team to implement a "wellness peer leader." The wellness peer leader receives dedicated time to coordinate wel ... See more

Images

Olivia Chase, Registered Nurse, Goat Yoga

Candace McNulty, Nurse Manager; Makayla Maggi, Nursing Assistant; Olivia Chase, Registered Nurse Preparing fresh smoothies for the team.

Rebecca Coty, Registered Nurse; Marie Luman, Registered Nurse engaging in a mindfulness activity.

Candace McNulty, Nurse Manager, Rolling television used to bring wellness to the unit.

Ricardo Martinez-Alicea, Float Pool Assistant Nurse Manager assists Rommel Empeynado, Registered Nurse with use of wellness VR headset.

Team joins together with their wearables before starting a step challenge.

Employees enjoy a 5 minute chair yoga practice in the hospital waiting area.

Results

96% of Orlando VA Float Pool employees stated they believe their medical center has a vested interest in their health and wellness, compared to the 44% baseline data. On the all-employee survey (AES), 90% of the employees feel that the Float Pool is the best place to work compared to the national average of 68%.

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Candace McNulty, MSN, RN All Employee Data and Float Pool employee wellness questionnaire data.

Wellness practices are integrated into the culture of the team. Makayla Maggi, Nursing Assistant; Rachel Espinoza, Registered Nurse

Diffusion tracker

Does not include Clinical Resource Hubs (CRH)

Statuses

There are no successful adoptions for this innovation.

CA: San Francisco VA Medical Center (San Francisco)
  • Started adoption on 08/2024.
FL: James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (Tampa, Florida)
  • Started adoption on 02/2023.
PR: San Juan VA Medical Center (San Juan)
  • Started adoption on 02/2023.

There are no unsuccessful adoptions for this innovation.

Implementation

Timeline

  • December 2022-Present
    Baseline data, 45-day data, 90-day data and 1 year data.

Departments

  • Whole health

Core Resources

Resource type Resource description
PEOPLE
  • Candace McNulty, MSN, RN Innovator

Files

  • Toolkit includes general information, background, scope, list of documents and resources with embedded documents. Fit a Bit of Wellness Toolkit

Optional Resources

Files

Support Resources

Files

  • One initiative created during the pilot process includes a quarterly 8-hour education & wellness day for each employee with dedicated time to attend. This is a sample schedule from one offering and it is very well received by the team. Employee Wellness & Education Day Sample Schedule

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About

Original team

Candace McNulty

Float Pool and Screening Nurse Manager

Ashley Rush

Whole Health Clinical Director

Sara Parlier

Float Pool Registered Nurse

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Employee Experience Whole Health