Employee Wellness Program

Northern Inyo Hospital encourages wellness by providing our staff with opportunities through the Northern Inyo Hospital Employee Wellness Program overseen by the NIH Wellness Committee. Members ask that you please provide input to this evolving program so that we can better serve employees along the road to better health. For information or to provide input, please call one of our NIH Wellness Program Committee Leaders at 760-873-5811: Gloria Phillips, Ext. 2258 Dan David, Ext. 2240

Northern Inyo Hospital Employee Wellness Program 

The NIH Wellness Program is for employees - free of cost and loaded with great benefits for all NIH's staff. The NIH Wellness Committee is going to be offering various exercise/wellness options. Schedules of available fitness classes and lectures were handed out during the sign-up days. For future, the following 2008 Calendar of Events and the NIH Master Calendar will provide the schedules.

Some of the possible offerings include: Health screenings (cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure checks) Fitness checks (body strength, stretch, and surface area measurements) Free pedometer to employees signing up during these first three days Fitness classes (walking, pilates, cardio/strength training) fitness class schedule Friendly competitions between departments Health and fitness lectures by local physicians and staff of NIH health & fitness lecture schedule Healthy food portion option in our NIH cafeteria Healthy NIH recipe contest details NIH Employee Wellness Program discount card - special opportunities at various local businesses listing

 

NIH EmployeeWellness Program
2008 Calendar of Events

Also, watch for the Treasure Hunt clues!

May

02	MoWeFr 6:00-6:45	Walking	See NIH Master Calendar-RHC	All NIH Employees
03 & 10	Sa 16:00-17:00	Core Strength Classes No class on 05/17/2008	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
05	MoWe 17:00-18:00	Circuit Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
06	TuTh 17:00-18:00	Pilates Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
24	Sa 7:30-8:30	Core Strength Classes NOTE - NEW TIME!!!	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees

April

01	TuTh 17:00-18:00	Pilates Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
02	MoWeFr 6:00-6:45	Walking	See NIH Master Calendar-RHC	All NIH Employees
02	MoWe 17:00-18:00	Circuit Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
05	Sa 16:00-17:00	Core Strength Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees

March

01	Sa 16:00-17:00	Core Strength Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
03	MoWe 17:00-18:00	Circuit Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
04	TuTh 17:00-18:00	Pilates Classes (March 25 and 27 CANCELLED)	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
12	11:00-noon	Are You Labeled Confused or Confused About Labels? Reading Labels PowerPoint	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room - Barbara Higginbotham	All NIH Employees
17	MoWeFr 6:00-6:45	Walking	See NIH Master Calendar-RHC	All NIH Employees
21	Fr Lunchtime	Recipe Tasting	See NIH Master Calendar-Main Hospital Hallway	All NIH Employees

February

01	MoWeFr 6:00-6:45	Walking Postponed until March 17 2008	See NIH Master Calendar-RHC	All NIH Employees
02	Sa 16:00-17:00	Functional Core Strength Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
04	MoWe 17:00-18:00	Aerobics/Interval Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
05	TuTh 17:00-18:00	Pilates Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
13	noon-13:00	Your Path to Wellness: Problems - Knowledge - Awareness - Action - Solutions	See NIH Master Calendar-To be determined - Mike Gable	All NIH Employees
21	Th Lunchtime	Cafeteria Debuts First Healthy Recipe from Jillene Freis	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
25	Mo 12:00-13:00	Vitamin D Deficiency	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
27	We 07:30-09:30	Wellness Program Sign-ups for those who missed the first round	See NIH Master Calendar-to be determined	All NIH Employees who missed the first round of sign-ups
29	Fr 16:00-18:00	Wellness Program Sign-ups for those who missed the first round	See NIH Master Calendar-to be determined	All NIH Employees who missed the first round of sign-ups

January

07	10am - 2pm	Day 1 - Sign-ups	Main Hosptial Hallway	All NIH Employees
08	5:30am - 12:00noon	Day 2 - Sign-ups	Main Hosptial Hallway	All NIH Employees
09	2:00pm - 6:00pm	Day 3 - Sign-ups	Main Hosptial Hallway	All NIH Employees
10	Lunchtime	Recipe Tasting	Main Hosptial Hallway	All NIH Employees
14	MoWeFr 6:00-6:45	Walking	See NIH Master Calendar-RHC	All NIH Employees
14	MoWe 17:00-18:00	Aerobics/Interval Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
15	TuTh 17:00-18:00	Pilates Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
17	noon-13:00	Metabolic Syndrome Lecture	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees
19	Sa 16:00-17:00	Functional Core Strength Classes	See NIH Master Calendar-Board Room	All NIH Employees

Some great additional information (click on the links):

The Art Of Being Well - A PowerPoint slideshow - click or spacebar through the slides.
(For the best result, click through the eight slides and click to re-run for music to play throughout the slideshow.)

Healthy Ideas

Stress Relief

NIH Recipe Contest - Friday, January 11 is the first "Health Recipe Tasting" - (Poster Invitation)

Portion Sizes

Alcohol Awareness

Exercise!

Walking/running map courtesy of Sage to Summit

Links to Other Sites:

HELPGUIDE.org - lots of Healthy Lifestyle information including "Exercise Guide For Exercise Haters"

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ - Calculate your BMI - Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.