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Safe Patient Handling in the Psychiatric Care Environment Mamie Williams, Director of Safe Patient Handling in the department of Nursing Education discusses Safe Patient Handing and how to protect healthcare workers in the Psychiatric Hospital.

Keep Calm and Get Your Colonoscopy March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. About 5% of Americans will develop colorectal cancer during their lifetimes. Cancer of the colon is usually preventable, highly treatable, and often curable. Listen to this Wellcast to learn about symptoms and risk factors for colon cancer and what you can do to help prevent it.

What Country Music Tells Us About Wellness Alice Randall is the author of The Wind Done Gone, Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Rebel Yell, and Ada's Rules. She is a Harvard educated African-American novelist who lives in Nashville and writes country songs. Randall has emerged as an innovative food activist committed to reforms that support healthy bodies and healthy communities.

Well-being begins at work. Learn how getting active, eating better and practicing mindfulness will impact your lifestyle. View the entire article.

It's a Fact-- Staying alert at work reduces staff and patient injuries.  Want to hear more about what Vanderbilt is doing to help you deal with fatigue?  Listen to our new Wellcast and learn why agencies are sounding the alarm on the risks of health care worker fatigue."

Green Dots: How to Prevent Domestic Violence Before it Starts Margie Gale, RN, MSN, CEAP, Work-Life Connections Nurse Wellness Specialist, discusses the Green Dots program and how bystanders implementing the philosophy of Green Dots can help prevent domestic violence in its earliest stages.

Women and Heart Disease Mary Tidwell, intern with the Vanderbilt Dietetic Internship, talks with Cindy Osborn, Registered Dietitian at the Vanderbilt Heart Institute, about important nutrition choices women can make to reduce their risk of heart disease.