Leadership and Wellness

1. Leadership and Wellness It is possible to combine the two!

2. Organization • Frostburg State University is an academic institution with an enrollment of approximately 5,000 students. • Health and Wellness of students has been identified as a way to promote student retention at FSU and as a recruitment tool. • C.H.I.L.L. (Creating Healthy Informed Lasting Lifestyles) is a four year wellness program at FSU that is grant driven. • Julie Miller, R.N. was hired as the wellness nurse for FSU’s wellness program in 2008.

3. C.H.I.L.L. “Creating Healthy, Informed, Lasting Lifestyles (CHILL), includes preventative student health screenings, wellness promotion, and the development of a variety of campus-wide-activities and educational outreach efforts that encourage exercise and nutrition.” http://www.frostburg.edu/chill/about/

4. Critical Issues • Continued funding of our wellness program • Student involvement in the wellness program • Follow up of students with abnormal results

5. Dr. Gibralter- President of University Dr. Tom Bowling- President of SES Dr. Jesse Ketterman- VP SES Mary Tola, CRNP- Director of Health Center Julie Miller, RN- Wellness Program Coordinator Gladys Bowman, RN Amy Ritchie, Registered Dietician Michael Stevens, Personal Trainer Cindy Nelson, Administrative Assistant

6. Transformational Leadership • “…the synergistic effect of leaders and followers” (Yoder-Wise & Kowalski, 2006, p.70) • Team members work with you as opposed to for you

7. Coaching • Use strengths of each team member to allow maximum efficiency as a team. • Weekly team meetings • Objective review of goals and current progress/challenges • Request input from all members • Provide feedback to team on a group and individual basis. • Praise and recognize team contributions to the wellness program

8. Succession • Registered Nurse working under my supervision is being mentored for role as Wellness Program Coordinator. • Offer educational opportunities to this R.N. • Include R.N. in forecasting, planning for the future of the FSU wellness program

9. Legal & Ethical Responsibilities • Legal: • Ensure policies and procedures are followed by team members (including self). • Compliance with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) • Ethical: • Honesty with team members and students • Fidelity- keeping commitments • Respect for team members and students

10. Employee Retention • Find out what is important to your team members. • Value them as an individual as well as a team player. • Listen when they talk about their personal interests, sources of concern and their accomplishments. • Facilitate a culture of wellness by: • Offer an extra 30 minutes at lunch to exercise, read, nap, etc. • Allow them to leave 2 hours early on Fridays if they use the gym facilities or walk at least 5 times a week. • Provide lunch and learns to promote healthy eating and habits.

11. Human Resources • Provide many valuable resources/services • Advice and council • Recruiting, selecting, training • Policy formation and implementation • Employee Advocacy • Partner with Human Resources to encourage faculty/staff wellness on campus. • Provide lunch and learns for faculty/staff on wellness topics • Include employees in wellness activities on campus • Biomedical screenings and follow up • “Biggest Loser on Campus”

12. Marketing Plan

13. Marketing Plan (cont.)

14. YouTube - Chill Out - Episode 2 - Visiting FSU's Brady Health Center

15. Accountability • Accountable to Frostburg State University, FSU students/parents, Astra Zeneca, Board of Nursing, Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care • Fiscal responsibility to Astra Zeneca and Frostburg State University • Report detailing spending of grant money and wellness activities/programs on campus due every semester to Astra Zeneca and FSU/Student Educational Services administration • Monthly spending reports to FSU Accounting department

16. Return on Investment • No studies to date • Astra Zeneca expects to see results: • Biomedical screening data on over 1,500 students • Published paper on screening results • Effective marketing for wellness programming • Sustainability of wellness program on campus

17. Forecasting • We are in last year of a four year grant from Astra Zeneca • How will we continue funding a wellness program at FSU? • Seek other sources of grant funding. • Introduce a new class in the FSU offerings that focuses on wellness. • Partner with Human Resources to provide wellness programs/activities on campus.

18. Networking • Join committees on campus and attend meetings regularly. • Present at meetings/conferences. • Join and partner with community groups • Attend wellness and college health conferences.

19. Accreditation • The Wellness Program is under the under the branch of the Brady Health Center at FSU. • The Brady Health Center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). • Site visits/accreditation is done every 3 years. • The last site visit was in 2009. • Recommendation for the wellness program: Use the data collected in the biomedical screenings for QI studies.

20. Disaster Preparedness • Chief of Police at FSU oversees campus emergency planning • Incident Command training • Risk assessment and emergency response training annually • Communication plan in place: • Instant messaging system (E2 Campus) • Emergency siren that warns students/faculty/staff to go indoors and seek further information • Plan to alert community of an emergency that originates on campus • Phone tree

21. References • About chill. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.frostburg.edu/chill/about • Yoder-Wise, P., & Kowalski, K. (2006). Beyond leading and managing, nursing administration for the future. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby Elsevier. Julie Miller, RN jymiller@frostburg.edu