Nursing Observation Essay

At scholarship day, I focused on posters that were made by various nursing students that focused on things related to exercise and nutrition. No matter what population you work with in healthcare these are very prevalent topics that affect many aspects of life. The first poster that I focused on was titled “Community Based Health Education: Exercise in the Workplace.” For this research the students visited the employees of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh. Their main goal was to educate on and improve health and to encourage exercise. The main population consisted of African American females over the age 50. The problem the students found was the employee’s had a lack of resources to maintain an active lifestyle. Their goal was to provide

They also discovered that due to their office jobs, sitting 10 hours a day on average, they were at high risk for inactivity. If the employees were encouraged to exercise while at work they would have a decreased risk of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. One of Healthy People 2020’s goals is to “Improve health, fitness, and quality of life through daily physical activity.” These students who went to speak to the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, taught the employees the risk factors of inactivity, and the benefits of physical activity. They demonstrated exercises that the employees would be able to and gave them informational sheets on both these things to help give them something to reference back to. The exercises that were taught to them consisted of exercises they could do while they were at work. Small changes they could make such as taking the stairs, or things they could do while in their chair or office such as squats, or arm curls. Overall, the employees responded well, they participated and stated that they found the information taught to be useful. Some suggested that the importance of healthy eating and drinking water be added in the