CE Module: A Model for Developing Comprehensive Initiatives to Improve the Health of the Worksite: The WorkWell KS Strategic Framework

This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module for 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.

A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://www.aaohn.org by June 2022; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.

Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:

• Describe the theoretical basis for implementing effective worksite wellness initiatives.

• Identify the importance of focusing on the health of the worksite rather than the individual employee.

The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283).

Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.

1. The goal of Work Well Kansas (Work Well KS) is to:

2. Create healthy worksites

3. Save money for employers

4. Address health issues in an organization that employs more than 10,000 employees

The purpose of an organization that is interested in building a healthy worksite is:

To build a state-of-the-art wellness complex

To only have vending machines that offer healthy snacks such as fruit to their employees

To develop an infrastructure that allows for integration of health at the worksite

To make sure that the wellness group does not infringe on the general budget of the organization

The five elements of the Worksite Wellness Foundation include:

The wellness committee, communication, and gym membership

Incentives, data, and budgetary committee

Wellness committee, exercising leadership, and incentives

Data, incentives, and nutrition committee

The wellness committee membership includes:

Only members from the administrative team

Only members from the health care team

Only members that work from 9 am to 5pm

Only members that reflect the worksite to include different depart-ments and levels of management, various shifts, gender, age, and race.

The concept of Exercise Leadership in Work Well KS states that:

Only those employees who exercise consistently should be leaders

Managers of the Fitness Center should serve as leaders

Responsibility is in the hands of everyone at every level of the organization

Only those in the organization that have experience with leadership should be in charge

The most effective incentives to influence health-behavior decision making are:

Water bottles

Key chains

T-shirts with catchy logo

Health savings account (HSA) contributions

The fifth element of the foundation in the Work Well KS is data and worksite interventions are based on micro-level biometric data.

True

False

To ensure the success of a worksite wellness initiative one must:

Address multiple behavior issues at the same time

Provide incentives such as T-shirts with organization logo

Address one health behavior at a time

Focus on providing information about the wellness programs