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This study aims to test whether a mobilized micro-break intervention, the Wellbeing on Wheels (WOW) Cart, improved health care worker (HCW) energy perceived organizational support and work engagement.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methodology<\/jats:title>\n \n This study was conducted at an independent children's hospital in the midwestern United States. Between August and September 2024. A total of 367 pediatric HCWs completed our survey. IBM's SPSS was used to analyze the data using\n t<\/jats:italic>\n -tests, ANOVAs, linear regression, and polynomial regression to test our hypotheses and\n post-hoc<\/jats:italic>\n analyses.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The results of this study show that energy (\n t<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u200932.35,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.01, Cohen's\n D<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20091.33), perceived organizational support (\n t<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u200917.40,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.01, Cohen's\n D<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.92), and work engagement (\n t<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u200920.56,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.01, Cohen's\n D<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20091.08) significantly increased following a visit by the WOW Cart. Further, we found that both changes in energy (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.44,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.01) and perceived organizational support (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.32,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.01) predicted increases in work engagement (\n R<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u2009.35,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.01). Our\n post-hoc<\/jats:italic>\n analyses revealed nurses had a greater energy benefit [(\n F<\/jats:italic>\n (2, 276)<\/jats:sub>\n \u2009=\u20092.96,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.05] compared to nurse practitioners (\n M<\/jats:italic>\n diff<\/jats:sub>\n \u2009=\u2009.82,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.05) and physicians (\n M<\/jats:italic>\n diff<\/jats:sub>\n \u2009=\u2009.55,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.05), but no difference between job roles for perceived organizational support [(\n F<\/jats:italic>\n (3, 281)<\/jats:sub>\n \u2009=\u2009.47,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.71] and work engagement [(\n F<\/jats:italic>\n (2, 283)<\/jats:sub>\n \u2009=\u20091.77,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.15]. Further, we found an exponential increasing benefit from the degree of change in energy for work engagement (coeff.\u2009=\u2009.53,\n t<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20092.949,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.05). Additionally, we found a linearly increasing benefit from the degree of changes in perceived organizational support for work engagement (coeff.\u2009=\u2009\u22121.88,\n t<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009\u22124.433,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&lt;\u2009.01).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n This study highlights that resource-based micro-breaks may be a viable option for effective HCW well-being intervention. Moreover, interventions can be brought to point-of-care areas. 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