161504 Walk and Win: Making a difference at nurse-managed wellness centers

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 3:00 PM

Nancy L. Rothman, EdD, RN , Department of Nursing, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD , National Nursing Centers Consortium, Philadelphia, PA
Brian Valdez, JD , National Nursing Centers Consortium, NFP, Philadelphia, PA
Kay Huber, DEd, CRNP , Nursing, Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Maureen Leonardo, MN, RNC, CRNP , School of Nursing, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
C. Virginia Palmer, DNSc, RN , Department of Nursing, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Carol Smith , School of Nursing, Penn State University, University Park, PA
M. Elaine Tagliareni, EdD, RN , Department of Nursing, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Lenore K. Resick, PhD , School of Nursing, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
        
Walk and Win is a community-based intervention multi-site program of the National Nursing Centers Consortium. Six nurse-managed wellness centers banded together to replicate a walking program found to impact older adult quality of life at one of the centers. All nurse-managed wellness centers serve those who previously had limited access to health promotion activities. The program involved 174 community living older adults and 62 nursing students supervised by faculty in six academic-based wellness centers. Ninety-four percent of the older adults completed the eight week program. Their post-intervention results indicated decreased limitation due to physical health (24%) and mental health (21%) and an improved level of energy (16%). Data also provided patterns of chronic illness in the older adult population that could benefit from future health promotion programs. Student participants reported increased interest in health promotion and understanding of lifestyles of community-living older adults. Walk and Win was supported by a grant from the Division of Nursing, Health Resources and Service Administration. Walk and Win is a best practice tested in six-nurse managed wellness centers that is worthy of further replication.

Learning Objectives:
Evaluate the Walk and Win program outcomes for older adults and nursing students. Implement a replication of Walk and Win for older adults.

Keywords: Health Promotion, Elderly

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