Wellness Works:
The Ohio State University’s Quest to
Become the World’s Healthiest University
… Your Plan for Health’s Success at
Creating Healthy Employees and a
Healthy Organization
Bernadette Melynk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN,
Associate Vice President for Health Promotion
,
Chief Wellness Officer
& Dean, College of Nursing
,
The Ohio State University
, Columbus
Biographical Information
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN
Associate Vice President for Health Promotion
University Chief Wellness Officer, Dean and Professor, College of Nursing
Professor of Pediatrics & Psychiatry, College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
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Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN, is currently the Associate Vice President for Health Promotion, University Chief Wellness Officer, and Dean of the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University. She also is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at Ohio State’s College of Medicine.
Dr. Melnyk earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from West Virginia University, her Master of Science degree with a specialization in nursing care of children and pediatric nurse practitioner from the University of Pittsburgh, and her PhD in clinical research from the University of Rochester where she also completed her post-master’s certificate as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
She is a nationally/ internationally recognized expert in evidence-based practice, intervention research and child and adolescent mental health, and is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences on these topics. Dr. Melnyk has consulted with hundreds of healthcare systems and colleges throughout the nation and globe on how to improve quality of care and patient outcomes through implementing and sustaining evidence-based practice. Her record includes over 19 million dollars of sponsored funding from federal agencies as principal investigator and over 180 publications. Dr. Melnyk is co-editor of four books, including Evidence-based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, Implementing EBP: Real World Success Stories, the KySS Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Screening, Early Intervention and Health Promotion, and Intervention Research: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding. A Practical Guide for Success, an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award.
Dr. Melnyk is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the National Academies of Practice, and recently served a four-year term as one of only two nurse practitioners on the 16-member United States Preventive Services Task Force. In addition, she serves as a member of the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Behavioral Health Steering Committee, the National Institutes of Health’s National Advisory Council for Nursing Research, and the Centers for Disease Control Laboratory Best Practices Workgroup. Dr. Melnyk also serves as associate editor of the journal, Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing. She has received numerous national and international awards, including the Audrey Hepburn Award from Sigma Theta Tau International, the Jessie Scott Award from the American Nurses Association for the improvement of healthcare quality through the integration of research, education and practice, the 2012 Midwest Nursing Research Society Senior Scientist award, and the NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research’s inaugural director’s lectureship award. She also has been recognized as an Edge Runner twice by the American Academy of Nursing for founding and directing the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ KySS child and adolescent mental health program and her COPE Program for parents of preterm infants. Dr. Melnyk also was recently inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International’s Research Hall of Fame.
Ohio State’s Quest: Building The Healthiest University in the
World through a Comprehensive & Integrative Framework
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Vice President for Health Promotion, University Chief Wellness Officer
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing
1. Protecting yourself and others from high stress is important.
2. Multitasking is an acquired skill and is essential to success in
today’s complex working environment.
3. Understanding why one does something is a critical step in the
process of personal change.
4. Evidence supports that employees are more likely to engage in
wellness activities when they are complicated and boring!
Wellness
•
The optimal state of living well, regardless of
an individual’s spectrum of health
•
Encompasses physical, intellectual, mental,
emotional, social, occupational, financial,
Current State of Health in the U.S
.
Behaviors are the number 1 killer of Americans,
due to
smoking, overeating, lack of physical activity, alcohol and drug
use, non-adherence to medications and suicidal gestures
Overweight and obesity will soon surpass tobacco as the number
one cause of preventable death and disease in the United States;
42% of Americans will be obese by 2030 (CDC, 2012); 1 out of 3
Americans will have diabetes by 2050
One out of 2 Americans have a
chronic disease
One out of 4 Americans have
multiple chronic conditions
What Does The Evidence Tell Us?
Employees Today are Stressed & Depressed!
One out of 4 individuals have a
mental health problem.
Depression and stress are poor
predictors of health and wellness
outcomes.
Every day, we make behavioral choices that influence
our health and wellness outcomes
Research has Supported the Relationship between
Wellness and Productivity
Why is OSU Investing in Wellness?
•
Because we care about our Buckeye family
• For every dollar invested in worksite wellness,
there is a return of more than $4.00 in reduced
healthcare costs, higher engagement, improved
productivity and lower absenteeism
Vision:
To be the healthiest university and
community on the globe
Mission:
We exist to facilitate the highest
levels of wellness for faculty, staff
and students across the university
and community
Since early 2012, we have been building a cross-university
comprehensive & integrative framework:
The One University Health & Wellness Council
In God We Trust,
Everyone Else Must
Bring Data!
The Ohio State University
The Social-Ecological Framework and Life-Course Perspective
Guide, Evidence-based Interventions to Achieve the Vision of
Ohio State as the Healthiest University on the Globe
Adapted from: Model to Achieve Healthy People 2020 overarching goals Source: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Health Promotion and
