Abstract
Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015:
It is well known that the transition from high school to college is very stressful for many students across the world. In the freshman year, high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression are prevalent along with poor health practices and a tendency to gain weight. However, little is known about the transition into graduate school and how it impacts the health and wellness of students pursing health sciences professional degrees. This symposium will describe the development and implementation of an innovative wellness onboarding program for health sciences students at a large land grant public university in the mid-west region of the United States, which includes the colleges of dentistry, health and rehabilitation sciences, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. Baseline findings of the students' physical health, mental health, healthy lifestyle beliefs and healthy lifestyle behaviors will be described along with correlations among the study variables. A description of the wellness onboarding program will be highlighted with implications for practice and future research.
Sigma Membership
Unknown
Lead Author Affiliation
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
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Research Approach
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Keywords:
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, Depression, College Graduate Students
Recommended Citation
Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek; Hoying, Jacqueline; Slevin, Caitlin; McGovern, Colleen; and Teall, Alice M., "An innovative wellness onboarding program for health sciences students: Baseline findings with implications for practice and future research" (2016). INRC (Congress). 360.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2015/presentations_2015/360
Conference Name
26th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Conference Year
2015
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An innovative wellness onboarding program for health sciences students: Baseline findings with implications for practice and future research
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015:
It is well known that the transition from high school to college is very stressful for many students across the world. In the freshman year, high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression are prevalent along with poor health practices and a tendency to gain weight. However, little is known about the transition into graduate school and how it impacts the health and wellness of students pursing health sciences professional degrees. This symposium will describe the development and implementation of an innovative wellness onboarding program for health sciences students at a large land grant public university in the mid-west region of the United States, which includes the colleges of dentistry, health and rehabilitation sciences, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. Baseline findings of the students' physical health, mental health, healthy lifestyle beliefs and healthy lifestyle behaviors will be described along with correlations among the study variables. A description of the wellness onboarding program will be highlighted with implications for practice and future research.