We must all hang together, or we will most assuredly hang separately
-Ben Franklin
Here's a copy and paste of an e-mail I'm about to send to my teammates. It will help explain why you've not seen as many updates here as I wanted:
Well, we've been in our new home for about 2 weeks now, and the transition could have been much smoother. I wanted to take some time and give thanks to everyone for all of their efforts. I also wanted to give some encouragement to everyone. We have endured the trials and tribulations with a lot of professionalism, flexibility, and strength. Many, many times in the past 2 weeks nurses, tech, and even physicians have come to US for direction on how the paperwork and patients should flow. This is because we really do look like we know what we're doing (because we do).
I am also grateful to our more experienced team-mates who have provided me with much needed feedback on what can work better and how to do it. Please keep that coming. They've also been great examples and mentors to our newer associates. We've never taken on so many newer people in such a short time-frame before, and the strain has been considerable. Thank you all for hanging in there and pushing us forward.
To our newer team-mates, I'd encourage you to HANG IN THERE!!! Most of you started when we were overstaffed in the old ED, which may have given a false impression of how crazy and hectic an emergency room can be. Moving into the new area has been a painful reality check for us. HANG IN THERE!!! A little effort goes a long, long way. As long as you're giving the job a strong effort on every shift, you'll be fine.
Speaking of effort, I've been blessed with a lot of people willing to put in extra hours right now. Thank you very, very, very much! I too have been and will continue to put in extra hours until things are more settled.
I do have two requests for everyone. The first is a plea for unity. We've been under a lot of stress, strain, and pressure recently, and our fuses have grown short. Please follow the Carondelet Mission of treating everyone with dignity and respect, and follow the golden rule of treating others how you would like to be treated.
My second request is for any of you that pray. Please pray for that same unity, both in our department and our entire network. The amount of healing and goodness that Carondelet is able to do in Southern Arizona is nothing short of a miracle (especially considering we can do it and still keep the business in the black). We shouldn't be surprised that some of our most divisive, contentious, and argumentative disagreements spring up at the time when we need them least (as if someone or something wants us to fail). I have prayed for this every day when I first come in to work for the past 2 weeks, and I'd like to THINK that it helps (although sometimes it doesn't seem like it). If you pray to any higher power at all, please give thanks for our beautiful new building, and please ask that we can all work well together within it.
Thank you again everyone!
Here's a copy and paste of an e-mail I'm about to send to my teammates. It will help explain why you've not seen as many updates here as I wanted:
Well, we've been in our new home for about 2 weeks now, and the transition could have been much smoother. I wanted to take some time and give thanks to everyone for all of their efforts. I also wanted to give some encouragement to everyone. We have endured the trials and tribulations with a lot of professionalism, flexibility, and strength. Many, many times in the past 2 weeks nurses, tech, and even physicians have come to US for direction on how the paperwork and patients should flow. This is because we really do look like we know what we're doing (because we do).
I am also grateful to our more experienced team-mates who have provided me with much needed feedback on what can work better and how to do it. Please keep that coming. They've also been great examples and mentors to our newer associates. We've never taken on so many newer people in such a short time-frame before, and the strain has been considerable. Thank you all for hanging in there and pushing us forward.
To our newer team-mates, I'd encourage you to HANG IN THERE!!! Most of you started when we were overstaffed in the old ED, which may have given a false impression of how crazy and hectic an emergency room can be. Moving into the new area has been a painful reality check for us. HANG IN THERE!!! A little effort goes a long, long way. As long as you're giving the job a strong effort on every shift, you'll be fine.
Speaking of effort, I've been blessed with a lot of people willing to put in extra hours right now. Thank you very, very, very much! I too have been and will continue to put in extra hours until things are more settled.
I do have two requests for everyone. The first is a plea for unity. We've been under a lot of stress, strain, and pressure recently, and our fuses have grown short. Please follow the Carondelet Mission of treating everyone with dignity and respect, and follow the golden rule of treating others how you would like to be treated.
My second request is for any of you that pray. Please pray for that same unity, both in our department and our entire network. The amount of healing and goodness that Carondelet is able to do in Southern Arizona is nothing short of a miracle (especially considering we can do it and still keep the business in the black). We shouldn't be surprised that some of our most divisive, contentious, and argumentative disagreements spring up at the time when we need them least (as if someone or something wants us to fail). I have prayed for this every day when I first come in to work for the past 2 weeks, and I'd like to THINK that it helps (although sometimes it doesn't seem like it). If you pray to any higher power at all, please give thanks for our beautiful new building, and please ask that we can all work well together within it.
Thank you again everyone!
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