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| Volume 5 | Issue 43 | November 2, 2016 |
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Have you registered for your free online account with BonSecoursBeYourBest.com? It's your new portal for all of our employee wellness programs, coaching and wellness incentives. Get started with this flier and check out our FAQs.
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 The holidays are coming! Is your wallet protesting? Check out these 7 Spending Hacks from your Employee Assistance Program.
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What do you do to make the holidays less stressful? Share your tips. We'll feature some of the best tips in the December Wellness newsletter.
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Diabetes: Keep Calm and Take Control!
 If you have diabetes or have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, you are not alone.
 | 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. | | In 2012, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes. | | In 2012, 86 million Americans age 20 and older had pre-diabetes; this is up from 79 million in 2010. |
You can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Stay at a healthy weight, eat well and be active. With these steps, you can stay healthier longer and lower your risk of diabetes.
Take Action!
U.S. Preventive Medicine will offer the Diabetes --- Taking Control Challenge Nov. 1-27 to bring attention to diabetes and its impact on millions of Americans whether or not you are affected by this disease. To participate, be sure to log in to BonSecoursBeYourBest.com.
Watch for more information coming your way in a few weeks.
You can also check out this new Bon Secours partnership: Livongo.
Am I at Risk?
Check out our Nov. 9 webinar, "Pre-diabetes, Know Your Risk."
You can also take this risk assessment by the American Diabetes Association.
What Is Pre-diabetes?
Pre-diabetes is a condition that can lead to type 2 diabetes and heart disease. When you have pre-diabetes, your blood glucose (sugar) levels are higher than normal but are not high enough to be called diabetes. Diabetes can lead to many health problems, so it's better to prevent it in the first place. You can take steps to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
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'Having Diabetes Doesn't Have to Define Your Life'
 John Cruse, director of Environmental Services, Maryview Medical Center, strives daily to support his team and lead by example. That includes sharing his own struggles with diabetes.
"Anything I can do to help someone, that's our responsibility as people to look out for others," he said. "I try to promote wellness with my staff." Cruse doesn't push, but encourages and inspires team members to take responsibility for their health, much as he did two years ago. Read the rest of John Cruse's story here.
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Ask Ashley
 Question: "Lunchtime is a struggle for me. I'm often in a rush and eat whatever I can. What's a good healthy lunch?"
Answer: Lunchtime is a challenge for many. November 15 is "Healthy Lunch Day," so this is a great time for a lunch makeover!
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 Second Victim Syndrome
When a mistake is made in patient care, it impacts everyone involved. Not only are the patient and family affected, but also caregivers and healers.
Learn more about Second Victim Syndrome and the help available to you through your Employee Assistance program here.
Bon Secours Richmond & Rappahannock 24/7
(804) 342-1501
Toll Free 1-844-371-5676
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(757) 398-2374
Toll Free 1-800-327-3257
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Learn more about EAP by
watching this short video.
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Blood Shortages Are Critical ---
You Can Help!
Even as we faced a nationwide blood shortage, Hurricane Matthew blew through the Southeast, escalating the needs even further. Some hospitals have had to cancel elective surgeries due to the crisis.
You can help by giving blood. A bloodmobile will be at Rappahannock General Hospital Nov. 3. A blood drive will be held at the Windsor business offices on Nov. 21.
You can find other donation opportunities by calling 800-733-2767, visiting www.redcrossblood.org or downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor app.
John Bowe, director, System Benefits and Employee Well-being for Bon Secours Health System, said he became more proactive about blood donation after hearing a podcast about pediatric cancer patients and their incredible need for donor blood to successfully battle their disease. He schedules appointments to donate at his local American Red Cross donation center using their app.
"I know precisely when I am eligible to donate and can schedule with just a few taps on my phone. You not only earn points on BonSecoursBeYourBest.com for donating, but more importantly, you are rewarded with knowing that a very small investment of your time can have a profound impact on someone else's life. Giving back to others is a really important aspect of maintaining and improving your own well-being."
--- John Bowe,
Director, System Benefits and Employee Well-being
Bon Secours Health System
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Way to Walk!
Employees enjoyed walking groups during Walktober. Keep up the good work!
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Correction
In last week's Good News, we mistakenly listed College Planning workshop to be held tonight at Maryview Medical Center. Unfortunately, that event has already occurred, but you do have one more chance to learn how to plan and budget for your child's college education.
Join us from 7-8:30 on Nov. 9 at DePaul Medical Center in the large conference room in the old cancer center.
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Breathe Free: You Can Quit Smoking
 You want to quit, but it's always seemed too hard. Now, Bon Secours offers two proven programs to help you stop smoking and using tobacco. You can quit --- we can help!
1. Smoking Cessation on BonSecoursBeYourBest.com. The Cleveland Clinic Wellness eCoaching Tobacco Cessation program is a seven-month program that involves daily interactive email exchanges between you and your coach to help guide and support you in making lifestyle changes to achieve your goal of being smoke free.
2. Freshstart. Check out this flier to learn about the Freshstart webinar series offered starting on Nov. 15. The program consists of four, one-hour webinars held once a week. Please sign up by
Nov. 8.
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Did You Know?
About 42 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, and tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. As of 2013, there were also 12.4 million cigar smokers in the U.S., and more than 2.3 million who smoke tobacco in pipes --- other dangerous and addictive forms of tobacco.
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50-year Smoker Quits with Help of Smoking Cessation Coaching
Emily Higgins is proof that it is never too late to stop smoking.
 Higgins, who works in occupational medicine billing for Bon Secours Hampton Roads, is 64 now, and was a smoker since age 14. "I'm the last person on earth --- a three-pack-a-day smoker --- that anyone expected to quit." She can vividly recall standing outside under an umbrella in a sleet storm to smoke a cigarette.
Higgins completed Bon Secours' Smoking Cessation Program twice, most recently in spring 2015, and used smoking cessation aid Chantix off and on for years "to not smoke as much as I wanted to," she says.
On July 29, 2016, "the lightbulb went off." Higgins had been visiting her son in Pennsylvania, where smoking was forbidden in his apartment, so she was trekking outside for every cigarette. "I thought about all the things we had talked about in the program. I took out my book and set my quit date. The help I found through the program brought me to the decision. Without it, I never would have succeeded. I want to say 'thank you'!"
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Want to avoid weight gain this holiday season? Need just a little bit of accountability to stay on track this season?
Maintain, Don't Gain is just what you need! Our free eight-week program provides tips and challenges to help motivate you to a healthier start for the new year. Click here to get more details.
Sign up by visiting BonSecoursBeYourBest.com. Under the task bar, click on Maintain, Don't Gain. You must take a pre- and post-survey. When you complete the program, you can earn 30 preventive points --- more if you stay engaged with the site.
"This is a great way to stay accountable for your health and weight during the holiday season. I especially like the tips and motivational e-mails that we get during the program, they are just small reminders to stay on track!"
--- Jenny Parker,
Maryview Medical Center
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Christina Johnson, a sports performance trainer and full-time Wellness employee, wants to hear
your questions. Email Christina.
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Question: "What's a quick way to kill some stress at my desk?"
Answer: Just breathe.
No seriously ... do you know that without realizing it, a lot of us only use the top 20 percent of our lungs to breathe?
Instead, focus on full breaths all throughout the day. Oxygen is one of the most important nutrients in the human body. You can go weeks without food and days without water, but only a few precious minutes without oxygen, so don't deprive the body!
Deep-breathing techniques are extremely effective in handling depression, anxiety and stress-related disorders. Try it!
Additionally, we've partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to offer Stress Free Now. Sign up on BonSecoursBeYourBest.com.
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 About this eNewsletter
Look for this Bon Secours Wellness electronic newsletter on or about the first Wednesday of every month. It's packed with tips, resources and inspiring stories. Share your story ideas via Amy Cutter in Hampton Roads and Meghan Melvin in Richmond.
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