{"id":8380,"date":"2016-06-20T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=8380"},"modified":"2018-10-19T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T15:41:22","slug":"hpw-internship-aspirus-wausau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2016\/06\/20\/hpw-internship-aspirus-wausau\/","title":{"rendered":"HPW Internship: Aspirus-Wausau"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Hillary Drake 16′
\n<\/strong>Interning at the Aspirus Wausau Hospital has been an amazing experience that I am very thankful for! While interning at the hospital, I had the opportunity to work in multiple areas of wellness, some of which included: community wellness, employee wellness, business health and cardiac rehabilitation. My typical schedule interning involved me being in many places, which included: cardiac rehabilitation at the
\nhospital twice a week, off-site wellness programming in both Wood County and Associated Bank, along with helping to organize the weekly Farmer\u2019s Market at the Aspirus Wausau Hospital. I loved being in multiple locations because I was able to learn and see how many
\ndifferent wellness programs are implemented. I am also very appreciative that I was able to gain experience clinically in cardiac rehabilitation because prior to my internship I thought the clinical route was the path I wanted to take in the future. However, after my internship at
\nAsprius I truly found out where my passions lie and which direction my future is headed, which I am very grateful for! In regards to my responsibilities for my internship, in cardiac rehab I was in charge of monitoring the patient\u2019s blood pressures, heart rates, oxygen saturation, and exercise prescription. My main responsibilities in Wood County were to create a smoking cessation toolkit for the employees, create educational flyers, along with monthly activity lists for the surrounding areas. At Associated Bank, I was in charge of creating the August Meet-and-Greet program, the Beat Your Boss Wellness Challenge, a resource guide for the Stevens Point area, and a stress management lunch-and-learn with two of my fellow interns. At the farmer\u2019s market I helped two interns with the fruit and veggie prescription program! Lastly, I also had the opportunity to shadow two cardiac stent procedures, along with an echo test and a Cardiovert procedure! Needless to say, I have had a fantastic experience at Aspirus!<\/p>\n

Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Behavior:\n
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    1. Assist with onsite screenings that take place including Blood Pressure and BMI checks.<\/li>\n
    2. Observe health coaching and potentially assist with providing.<\/li>\n
    3. Observe and assist with Weigh to Go: Aspirus Community Weight Challenge.<\/li>\n
    4. Create and develop future Code Lavender Events.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    5. Promotion and Marketing:\n
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      1. Prepare wellness articles.<\/li>\n
      2. Promote stress management utilizing Code Lavender.<\/li>\n
      3. Promote Weigh to Go: Aspirus Community Weight Challenge.<\/li>\n
      4. Market the 2016 Wellness Program Education.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      5. Organizational Experiences:\n
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        1. Assist with quarterly lunch n\u2019 learns.<\/li>\n
        2. Organize behavior change tracking results.<\/li>\n
        3. Help organize timeline for various behavior change programs.<\/li>\n
        4. Attend staff meetings.<\/li>\n
        5. Assist with budgeting program incentive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          On-Site Supervisor
          \n<\/b>Ashley Popp
          \nHealth Promotion & Wellness Coordinator
          \n333 Pine Ridge Blvd
          \nWausau, WI 54401
          \nAshley.popp@aspirus.org <\/a>
          \n715-847-2000 ext. 52280<\/p>\n

          Hours
          \n<\/strong>25-30 hours per week; minimum of 400 total hours<\/p>\n

          Stipend
          \n<\/strong>None<\/p>\n

          UW-Stevens Point Students Who Completed Internship<\/strong><\/p>\n