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NURSING IN THE COMMUNITY
Tiger Tracks to Wellness Program Wins 2017 Excellence Award
When it comes to health and well- being, the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing leads by example. Our Tiger Tracks to Wellness workplace wellness initiative that launched in May has been awarded the Working Well in Louisiana Worksite Wellness Recognition of Excellence 2017 award, as an outstanding employer in the small employer category. The recognition comes from the Louisiana Business Group on Health.
“About half of our faculty and sta are currently enrolled in the program,” explains Jennifer B. Martin, DNP, CRNA, chairperson of the Faculty and Sta Life committee. “Our purpose is to inspire and empower individuals to take responsibility for their own health and to support a healthy culture of connection and engagement.”
The Tiger Tracks to Wellness program encourages health, wellness and
life balance for faculty and sta by providing a variety of initiatives to help participants be more physically active, more emotionally strong and more nutritionally minded. The goal for each participant is to develop daily healthy habits, like walking 10,000 steps, practicing 10 minutes of mindfulness and drinking 64 ounces of water.
“Participants meet together monthly and we have speakers to help encourage us in our goals,” says Dr. Martin. “There are a number of walking groups that meet and walk every day and we all track our goals weekly via our Tiger Tracks to Wellness website.”
The program is set to include students next year, and then to roll out campuswide in year three. Aside from Dr. Martin, additional sta instrumental in the program’s implementation include: Jennifer Badeaux, CRNA, DNP; Jessica Landry, DNP, FNP-BC; Todd Tartavoulle, DNS, APRN, CNS-BC;
and Alison Davis, PhD, RN, CHSE.
The Tiger Tracks to Wellness program encourages health, wellness and life balance for faculty and staff by providing a variety of initiatives to help participants be more physically active, more emotionally strong and more nutritionally minded.
Above le : Dr. Jessica Landry, center, accepts the Working Well in Louisiana award, presented by the Louisiana Business Group on Health for the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing Tiger Tracks to Wellness workplace wellness initiative. Above right: The writing team for the wellness initiative pose with the award (from le ): Dr. Jessica Landry, Dr. Jennifer Martin, Dr. Todd Tartavoulle, and Dr. Allison Davis.
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