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Wearable Technologies to Support Nurse Wellbeing [Title Slide]
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Abstract
This presentation conforms with the conference theme of creating healthy work environments for nurses. Specifically, this presentation will focus on enhancing the professional well-being of caregivers. Davin Healthcare, Inc., a nurse-founded, employee-owned company, offers staffing and managed service provider solutions for healthcare systems. In keeping with a commitment made by Davin Healthcare, Inc. to care for the future of healthcare and its caregivers, and through its commitment to the AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments, a goal was adopted to support the health and well-being of its employees.
The short-term and long-term strategies aim to provide the necessary resources to increase employee awareness of all health and wellness tools offered through Davin Healthcare, Inc. The short-term goal is to research and implement health and wellness programs and marshal wellness resources for Davin’s clinical and internal workforce. These resources include access to Telehealth, Tele mental health, nutrition, stress relief, and a series of on-demand exercise programs. Employees will be given access, at no cost, to wearable technologies such as the Fit Bit©, ŌURA© ring, and Apple Watch©. The long-term goal will address optimizing the aim by researching caregiver staff perceptions of the impact of wearable technology, modifying support based on findings, and engaging employees through educational and other opportunities.
Davin Healthcare, Inc. has implemented a research project to learn the impact of wearable technology on caregivers’ well-being over time carried out through a longitudinal study. This project obtained human subjects’ approval from a local hospital IRB before deploying the Phase 2 survey. As a four-phase project, Phase 1 developed and pilot-tested the survey with the internal, non-caregiver staff. In Phase 2, the survey was revised and deployed to obtain baseline data from the caregiver staff. The caregiver Phase 2 data yielded intriguing findings. Most caregiver participants sought improved energy, stress, fitness, and activity levels by utilizing wearable technology. After utilizing a wearable device, over sixty percent of participants felt a stronger connection with their overall well-being related to the above-listed factors.
Phases 3 and 4 will include the continued deployment of surveys throughout 2023 and 2024 to learn what type of health data caregivers find useful in modifying activities that support well-being, identify barriers to the use of the technology, and learn how caregivers perceive how the use of wearable technology influences stress, sleeping, mood and overall sense of health and well-being. The resources and strategies supporting wellness will be modified based on survey results during Phases 3 and 4. Caregiver staff will be encouraged by the human resources department to access and use the Davin health-enhancing services listed above. This presentation will present the project work to date and provide reports from the data.
Notes
References:
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Fleming, H.-K. (2020). Navigating workplace wellness programs in the age of technology and big data. Journal of Science Policy & Governance, 17(01), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.38126/jspg170104
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Tau Kappa at-Large
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Presentation
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Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Other
Keywords:
Wearable Technology, Well-being, Employee Stress Reduction, Healthy Work Environments
Recommended Citation
Poyer, Jacob W.; Stapleton, Marilyn; Nettleton, Bridget; McCartney, Victoria; and Theobald, David, "The Impact of Using Wearable Technology on Caregiver Perceptions of Health and Well-being" (2026). Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE). 2.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/chwe/2024/presentations_2024/2
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Creating Healthy Work Environments
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2024
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Date of Issue
2026-02-10
The Impact of Using Wearable Technology on Caregiver Perceptions of Health and Well-being
Washington, DC, USA
This presentation conforms with the conference theme of creating healthy work environments for nurses. Specifically, this presentation will focus on enhancing the professional well-being of caregivers. Davin Healthcare, Inc., a nurse-founded, employee-owned company, offers staffing and managed service provider solutions for healthcare systems. In keeping with a commitment made by Davin Healthcare, Inc. to care for the future of healthcare and its caregivers, and through its commitment to the AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments, a goal was adopted to support the health and well-being of its employees.
The short-term and long-term strategies aim to provide the necessary resources to increase employee awareness of all health and wellness tools offered through Davin Healthcare, Inc. The short-term goal is to research and implement health and wellness programs and marshal wellness resources for Davin’s clinical and internal workforce. These resources include access to Telehealth, Tele mental health, nutrition, stress relief, and a series of on-demand exercise programs. Employees will be given access, at no cost, to wearable technologies such as the Fit Bit©, ŌURA© ring, and Apple Watch©. The long-term goal will address optimizing the aim by researching caregiver staff perceptions of the impact of wearable technology, modifying support based on findings, and engaging employees through educational and other opportunities.
Davin Healthcare, Inc. has implemented a research project to learn the impact of wearable technology on caregivers’ well-being over time carried out through a longitudinal study. This project obtained human subjects’ approval from a local hospital IRB before deploying the Phase 2 survey. As a four-phase project, Phase 1 developed and pilot-tested the survey with the internal, non-caregiver staff. In Phase 2, the survey was revised and deployed to obtain baseline data from the caregiver staff. The caregiver Phase 2 data yielded intriguing findings. Most caregiver participants sought improved energy, stress, fitness, and activity levels by utilizing wearable technology. After utilizing a wearable device, over sixty percent of participants felt a stronger connection with their overall well-being related to the above-listed factors.
Phases 3 and 4 will include the continued deployment of surveys throughout 2023 and 2024 to learn what type of health data caregivers find useful in modifying activities that support well-being, identify barriers to the use of the technology, and learn how caregivers perceive how the use of wearable technology influences stress, sleeping, mood and overall sense of health and well-being. The resources and strategies supporting wellness will be modified based on survey results during Phases 3 and 4. Caregiver staff will be encouraged by the human resources department to access and use the Davin health-enhancing services listed above. This presentation will present the project work to date and provide reports from the data.
Description
After offering a wearable technology employee benefit, Davin Healthcare, Inc. is underway with a planned series of four surveys to learn to what extent change occurs in employee awareness of energy, stress, fitness, and activity levels over a year. Employee support will be modified based on the findings.