Maximize learning through wellness.

Abstract

By achieving wellness to some degree in all five components of health, the self-concept of the health care employee can be raised. If the worker begins with physical health, this can in turn affect the emotional, mental, social, and spiritual health of the individual. All of these elements of well-being have been shown to have a profound effect on learning abilities and performance levels of the adult. Health care professionals are dealing with life or death decisions on a daily basis. Hopefully, everyone would agree that the health care team should be performing at its peak ability. To do this, each member of the health care team should strive for wellness. The health care facility should promote wellness for its employees first, so they in turn can deliver quality health care services. Keeping current with the constant changes in the health care industry and learning new information is a critical part of that delivery of quality care.