Abstract
Targeting improved dietary behaviors in nurses starts with exploring and understanding the unique challenges that nurses face due to shift work and the hospital setting. Through qualitative inquiry, nurses revealed the the predominant influences on eating habits in the workplace: nursing role, food environment, free food, and shift work.
Sigma Membership
Alpha Xi
Lead Author Affiliation
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Dietary Behaviors, Hospital Environment, Shift Work Nurses
Recommended Citation
Dias, Cynthia E. Horton, "Nurses have to "run the gauntlet": Achieving healthy eating while working in hospitals" (2019). Creating Healthy Work Environments Event Materials. 15.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/chwe/2019/presentations_2019/15
Conference Name
Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Conference Year
2019
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Nurses have to "run the gauntlet": Achieving healthy eating while working in hospitals
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Targeting improved dietary behaviors in nurses starts with exploring and understanding the unique challenges that nurses face due to shift work and the hospital setting. Through qualitative inquiry, nurses revealed the the predominant influences on eating habits in the workplace: nursing role, food environment, free food, and shift work.